“The goal of all of us must be the participation of the citizens as much as possible, so that this process is the starting point for the strengthening of the Democratic Party in our country, as well as a political event that will attract the interest of the entire Greek society.” states in the letter sent to EDEKAP by the candidate for the leadership of KINAL, Nikos Androulakis.
He adds: “We must give the citizens the opportunity to listen to all the candidates and evaluate their program and proposals for the perspective of our Movement, the role of the Democratic Party for the country and the improvement of the daily life of the Greek people. For this reason, I return to my proposal to hold two televised debates before the first round with the participation of all candidates and in addition one between the first two candidates before 12 December, so that this debate can take place in an institutional manner. ensuring the equal presence of all of us. “
In addition, the letter recalls “the positive precedent of the internal party elections of 2017, when two debates were organized again with the participation of all 10 candidates, but also one before the second round, which was finally canceled due to mourning for the fellow citizens. of us who lost their lives in the catastrophic floods in Western Attica “.
In closing, Nikos Androulakis states: “As we are just five weeks before the elections, I believe that it is necessary to start the procedures immediately, in order to ensure their realization, without disrupting the election campaign of any of the candidates.”
At the same time, in another letter to the party’s Central Committee, Mr. Androulakis stressed that “after the untimely death of our President, Fofis Gennimata, I take for granted the commitment of all of us to rise to the occasion, following the path of unity, of institutional procedures and, ultimately, common sense “.
He stressed that “any unnecessary controversy over procedural issues will send a repulsive message of introversion to the citizens, especially when we ask them to come to the polls en masse on December 5.” “Our main goal is nothing more than to turn the internal party elections into a major political event that will attract the interest of the whole society and will bring back the essential politics, not the micropolitics, to the forefront”.
“At a time when the ND is failing, throwing a white towel in the battle of the pandemic, leading the country back to fiscal derailment and SYRIZA remains a party of low credibility without any real opposition discourse, it is our duty to turn all our forces to the real problems of the Greek people and especially of the weaker strata. This is what our Party has been doing for a long time, this is the major thing today as well “, he added, among other things.
Regarding the continuation of the smooth operation and representation of the Parliamentary Group in the work of the Greek Parliament until the final election of the new leadership of the Movement, he pointed out that this issue can be resolved based on the provisions of the Rules of Procedure, as stated in Article 17 on “representation-replacement-restrictions “of the Parliamentary Groups.
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