The prime minister’s three “no’s” – The political road map to the elections

By Penelope Galiou

The political road map of the government until the elections that will be held at the end of the four-year period, was unfolded by the prime minister during the usual TIF press conference, emphatically stating the three “NO“: in early elections, in a reorganization of the government structure and in a change of the electoral law and putting a final “period” to the scenarios that they wanted the government to proceed with in the next period with these three facts. At the same time, despite the time that separates the citizens from the polls, the prime minister raised the dilemma of the next elections in time, focusing on himself and the governance model of the country he serves and on the other hand his political opponents Mr. Tsipras and Mr. Androulakis with those who politically advocate.

Answering the question of SKAI and Yannis Kantelis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis prioritized the political stability of the country at the end of the four-year term, making it clear that he is not going to change the electoral law, unless of course – which is impossible – if he agrees SYRIZA.

“I’m not a bum” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, recalling that he had said that “the rules of the game are fixed and should not change a few months before national elections». “We will proceed with the passed electoral law” he added except for one case which is considered to be unreal anyway. Let SYRIZA accept that “the simple proportional ballot box is a bomb on the foundations of political stability and let’s change the electoral lawsaid the prime minister.

Referring to the simple proportional system, on the basis of which the next elections will be held, the prime minister warned that it hides risks for the stability of the country while referring to a specific example of co-government without the first party. “Simple proportionality is a destructive system for the country, it leads to instability of governments in disparate alliances and a perspective of reduced effectiveness in governability especially at a time when the country must make quick decisions and must emphasize efficiency and speed” he noticed. However, he noted that theoretically based on the simple proportional electoral system and today’s data “there is the possibility of forming a government without the first partythat is, as he explained, the first party, although it will significantly precede the second, could form a government made up of the parties of the gentlemen Tsipras, Androulakis, Varoufakis and Kutsumba“numerically this can happen, but it will constitute political monstrosityconcluded the prime minister.

Despite the repeated commitment that the next elections will be held at the end of four years and the ND government will exhaust the four-year term, the prime minister refused to reveal the exact time, however, until then, he closed the reshuffle scenarios, explaining that any change at this time in the government structure “it would cover communication needs and not essential ones».

In any case, the goal of the ND is self-reliance without, however, insisting on a one-party government. As Kyriakos Mitsotakis very clearly stated “ND’s intention in the second ballot (after the simple proportional elections) is to form an independent government. I have explained many times that an independent ND government does not necessarily imply a ND one-party government and I have demonstrated that we as ND have the ability to include officials in our government who do not historically come from the ND. My intention is to do the same after the second election” write down.

After the dilemma of the next election, as the prime minister put it from the stage of the Vellide Conference Center during his speech on Saturday night, “Either we give progress a second chance or we risk disaster a second time” during the standard press conference he asked the question: “If not us, who??”. He even continued to unfold his reasoning and noted that “the Mitsotakis or Tsipras dilemma is something that the citizen understands. We had Mr. Tsipras for four years, I had the honor of leading the government for four years, Mr. Tsipras is running for prime minister, the leader of the first party must be the prime minister in a coalition government, this applies to me, it also applies for Mr. Tsipras, it would theoretically also apply to Mr. Androulakis, now I don’t know if this is a science fiction scenario, based on the opinion polls it probably is, but that’s how parliamentary democracies workhe said, leaving clear points for the opinion expressed from time to time by Nikos Androulakis that in a cooperation government it is not a given that the prime minister is the leader of the first party.​

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