In a vertigo for PASOK<\/b> where at the same time as they are calling for elections they are now simultaneously stating that the party “has a long way to go…” to get past NWD. <\/b><\/p>\n
The fireworks about elections were burned in the bud as PASOK, while claiming that they want an immediate appeal to the polls, seem to be anxious about such a possibility, looking at the polls. <\/p>\n
At the same time, Charilaou Trikoupis also reiterates the theory of the lost vote<\/b>, confirming that anxiety about second place is prevalent.<\/b><\/p>\n
The following excerpt from the interview with Kosta Tsoukalas<\/b> on Parapolitika FM is typical: <\/p>\n
PRIVATE:<\/b> Because if we assume that the prime minister in a subsequent debate says yes, fine, we are going to elections based on what we see ahead, now we have nothing else. What we see. Polls we see. It seems we are going into the unknown with a boatload of hope. <\/p>\n
I want to say that there is no party that seems to be challenging the New Democracy’s lead directly. Right now, as we speak, maybe in a month it might. <\/p>\n
CHUKALAS:<\/b>As we speak there is 70 percent of the Greek people. <\/p>\n
PRIVATE:<\/b> Well, there is always that. <\/p>\n
CHUKALAS:<\/b> Okay, that’s what we’re addressing and we’re saying yes to them. The only realistic way to make political change<\/b> happen is to vote for PASOK. It’s the only one that drives out
New Democracy. <\/p>\n
Other votes that may not be obviously compatible with New Democracy, but as votes that don’t change it, can act as a life preserver… <\/p>\n
PRIVATE<\/b>: Excuse me, is a vote for Syriza<\/b>, for example, or for New Left<\/b> with whom you are discussing joint parliamentary initiatives, a wasted vote? So it is, as you put it, making it easier for New Democracy. Is that what you are saying? Are you reinstating the lost vote theory? <\/p>\n
CHUKALAS<\/b>: Look, there are existential issues for the country to get out of decline. <\/p>\n
In this election it is a given and as you also know, it is a given that as long as we have this election law, the bonus only goes to the first party. So, because we fully understand that at this moment in the polls still, yes, New Democracy is collapsing, we are rising, but we still have a long way to go… <\/p>\n
So PASOK wants elections because they are rising, as they claim, but they still have a long way to go. What does this mean? But that they are willing to play the country at dice with no regard for stability.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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