{"id":9912,"date":"2026-06-10T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=9912"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:56:00","slug":"bakoyannis-message-to-pasok-the-people-do-not-want-revolutionary-gymnastics-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=9912","title":{"rendered":"Bakoyannis’ message to PASOK: the people do not want revolutionary gymnastics (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Message to PASOK to show institutional seriousness, instead of revolutionary gymnastics, was sent by Dora Bakoyannis<\/b>. <\/p>\n

“The Greek people don’t want a no on everything, they don’t want revolutionary gymnastics from the opposition, they want your substantial contribution, your opinion on the constitutional revision<\/b>,” she said in her Parliament, during the debate in the Plenary<\/b> on setting a deadline for the submission of the report of the Commission on the constitutional review.<\/p>\n

The ND called on the opposition party to show political fortitude, as the debate on the revision of the constitution “determines the future of the new generation<\/b>“, asking PASOK to help achieve the target of 180 MPs<\/b>, as any articles of the country’s constitutional charter that meet or exceed that threshold in the current, proposing Parliament will need 151 votes in the next, revising Parliament. Conversely, those articles that now receive 151 votes will need an increased majority<\/b> of 180 votes to be approved by the next Parliament. <\/p>\n

Dora Bakoyannis warned that “the next Parliament unfortunately looks set to be even more dysfunctional and that we will have anti-systemic parties<\/b> in its composition”. The key question, as she posed it, is this: “What do we prefer for the next election, at least those of us who count ourselves among the democratic, institutional political forces of the country? Do we prefer to leave the crucial number of 180 positive votes to the next parliament, which will probably have a stronger anti-systemic and populist representation than the current one? Will it be easier for serious institutional parties to come together when they have less power than the present one?” <\/p>\n

Bakoyannis, addressing PASOK in particular, asked “Really, do you think that after the elections you will be more influential in the revision as a second or fourth party<\/b>?” <\/p>\n

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The critical stakes<\/h3>\n

As Dora Bakoyannis said, the ND proposals “aspire to correct past discrepancies and shield Greek society for the challenges of the future. <\/b>Our proposal extends from mature demands of decades, such as the procedure for investigating the criminal responsibility of ministers, the establishment of private universities, the universal evaluation of civil servants. Critical stakes of today and tomorrow such as addressing the climate crisis, affordable housing, managing the challenges of Artificial Intelligence.”<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding to the opposition’s accusations, Bakoyannis said that “unfortunately, instead of focusing on the substance and content of the proposals, the opposition chooses to direct the public debate on whether and how it should participate in this process.”She dismissed the opposition’s argument that the debate on the revision would be held during the summer, countering that “we are not a school, we are a parliament, the parliament also sits during the summer.”<\/b><\/p>\n

In response to the opposition’s argument that we are in an election period and this is not conducive to the revision of the constitution, Ms. Bakoyannis pointed out “that there is no proposing parliament that has met except in the last year of a term before the elections” and recommended “check your boxes, that it is customary for this process to take place in the last year and immediately after the elections to be discussed again. This is the way and the process set out in the constitution<\/b>.”<\/p>\n

The constitution requires consents and agreements<\/h3>\n

Mrs. Bakoyannis stressed that “the constitution requires consensus and agreements” and added that “it is logical that the opposition does not trust the government of the day, but when we discuss the constitution we must make the effort of consensus and agreement because this is what the constitution itself and the Greek people require”.<\/p>\n

As for the opposition’s view that “we will not agree to support the proposals of the Southwest from the beginning” in order not to give a “blank cheque” to the next government to proceed with the changes as it wishes<\/b>, Ms. Bakoyannis responded politically, as she said, saying that “the fear that after the elections, the Southwest will co-govern with parties that have a strong anti-systemic footprint or extreme discourse, so that in the revision, anti-systemic or extreme views will prevail, is not justified as the Southwest has made it clear that there is no, but no, case to co-govern with an extreme right-wing or left-wing party. <\/b>This has been made clear by its leader in all tones and the entire South West’s CO agrees. So no semicolon, no asterisk on this issue.” On the contrary, Bakoyannis added, for those who have such a fear, the next Parliament will unfortunately be even more dysfunctional and we will have anti-systemic parties in its composition. <\/b><\/p>\n

The ND MP pointed out that in Europe, “parties are trying to prevent the erosion of democracy by expelling antisystemic parties”<\/b>and cited Germany and France as typical examples of self-protection from this danger and said that “we should do the same now in relation to a next chaotic Parliament.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n Dora Bakoyannis sent a message to PASOK to show institutional seriousness instead of revolutionary gymnastics.<\/p>\n

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