PASOK Leadership Elections: Androulakis Remains President
Source: GreekReporter.com
The victory of Nikos Androulakis is based on the results of the internal party elections of PASOK – Movement for Change, with the aim of electing the new president of the party.
Recognition of the victory of Nikos Androulakis by Haris Doukas
Haris Doukas congratulated Nikos Androulakis by phone, acknowledging his victory in the internal party elections for the leadership of PASOK – Movement for Change and expressing gratitude. Doukas emphasized that “we are all moving forward together.”
As of now, with 97.2 percent of the votes counted, Androulakis leads with 59,92% percent in the second round of the elections for the new president of PASOK, while Doukas follows with 40,08% percent. In 777 polling stations, Androulakis received 125.820 votes compared to Doukas’ 84.149.
Polling for the second round of internal party elections closed at 7:30 p.m. local time. A half-hour extension was granted to facilitate voters. Final attendance was reported at 213.001 although participation decreased by approximately 26 percent compared to the previous Sunday.
Doukas’ commitment to PASOK’s principles and future governance
Haris Doukas thanked the friends and members of PASOK who supported his candidacy and congratulated Nikos Androulakis on his victory.
“We managed in 3.5 months to make a clean and honest fight without compromise against extreme attacks and to create a strong political current. I will continue to fight for our principles and values, Democracy, Justice, participation, transparency, accountability with unity, with everyone’s participation for a big, open, strong PASOK that can govern. I will always be here in front line”, said Haris Doukas.
Challenges and transformations in PASOK’s leadership and political landscape
The leadership election of PASOK was caused by a widespread view within the party expressed by several candidates who openly doubted the abilities of Androulakis to steer the party to first place.
Each candidate vowed that he or she was the only one who could beat Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The New Democracy President is seeing his administration losing points mainly due to inflation. The wildfires his Ministry of Civil Protection failed to contain, and the Tempi train wreck tragedy that left 57 dead.
PASOK is second in the opinion polls
PASOK, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, is currently second in the opinion polls, overtaking Syriza. However, it is still far behind the governing New Democracy (ND) party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The Socialist party has greatly changed since its inception on September 3, 1974. PASOK, that radically changed Greek politics when it came to power in 1981 is a former shadow of itself today. Under the leadership of Andreas Papandreou, it was the first Socialist party that governed Greece. Papandreou had gained the love of most Greeks.
By 2010, when Andreas Papandreou’s son, George Papandreou, was prime minister, Greece was wallowing in an economic crisis. In a snap election, PASOK lost, and two years later after political turmoil, a coalition New Democracy-PASOK government formed. The two political arch-rivals since 1974 joined forces, an unprecedented event.
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