By Penelope Galliou

Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the executives of the ND are marching swiftly towards the ballot box on Sunday, culminating in the pre-election campaign that ends on Friday evening. With a dense program of visits and tours in western and northern Greece which will end with the keynote speech in Syntagma Square on Friday, the ND president chooses, in this phase of the final sprint before the polls, to send only positive messages, avoiding raise the tone of political confrontation and aggravation, focusing on the “positive narrative” of the blue faction for the next day in the country.

Mr. Mitsotakis himself set the tone during the cross-channel interview he gave ahead of the national elections on June 25, presenting the strategy that the next government will follow in central areas, if the citizens choose it again in the elections, as well as the profile of the persons who will staff the critical ministries.

As the president of the ND characteristically mentioned, if citizens renew their trust in his party, he will proceed with “rotation”, changing positions to “first-class” ministers and reaffirming his intention to utilize new faces from other ideological areas as well, as he had stated and during the previous pre-election period that “in our country stable governments that enjoy a parliamentary majority, made up of one party but not just one color are the most suitable”.

Describing the priorities of the next government, Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized that he is determined to proceed with major and necessary cuts, recommending among others:

-Drastic interventions in the health sector to rebuild the new NHS

-The growth of the economy and the reduction of inequalities

– What salary increases and recruitments in Health and Education

-The evaluation everywhere

-The continuation of major digital changes

“On June 27, a government of hard work and measurable results will be sworn in. The citizens rewarded the ethos and style of the previous government. But the citizens also asked us to run even faster on the big changes and reforms that our country needs, I have a full sense of the heavy responsibility, I will not get involved in a logic of internal balances, I will look for the best or the best for the job” emphasized the former prime minister during the cross-channel interview, assuring that “We have no hidden agenda, I have no surprises in store for the citizens , the citizens know that we will make a big intervention in the state, we will strengthen further digitization. For me, the political origin of government officials is not so important. We have proven that we can integrate officials from other areas,” noted the ND president, in question about the character of the next government, if the prime minister is re-elected.

Mr. Mitsotakiks, however, reiterated the necessary condition for the ND to continue its work, self-reliance, pointing out that “the ND’s self-reliance appears as a one-way street since Mr. Androulakis has made it clear that even if the ND has 149 deputies, it will not enter in no discussion about the formation of a government”.

Today, Kyriakos Mitsotakis begins his barrage of tours with a “road trip” to Patras, Amfilochia, Philippiada and Ioannina, where it will also coincide with the visit of Alexis Tsipras to the capital of Epirus. On Tuesday, the president of the ND is expected to visit Halkidiki after postponing his visit to the region and the Holy Mount, during the three days of the Holy Spirit, due to covid, and tomorrow he is scheduled to have meetings in the morning with citizens in Polygyros and Nikiti and at noon he will visit Nea Moudania.

On Wednesday Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be in Thessaloniki where he will hold the speech of the President of the New Republic in Thessaloniki at Nea Paralia. On Thursday he will tour Western Athens and the pre-election campaign will be completed and will close on Friday with his keynote speech at Syntagma Square.

The strategy of Piraeus, even during the final “threshold” of the last pre-election week, derives from a basic goal, which is to achieve a secure parliamentary majority, which is not reflected in 151 or 153 MPs but in a majority that exceeds 157-158 MPs . One goal, which according to the opinion poll findings of the ND staff, as well as those that see the light of day, is completely achievable.