By Antonis Anzoletou

The resignation of Andreas Loverdos did not go off like a bomb Charilaou Trikoupi. There have been a lot of midfield reshuffles lately and every move is evaluated side by side and triple. The former minister had distanced himself from the party in the last period and the divorce for many was prescribed. “Everyone is judged by their choices”, they commented coldly from PASOK, showing that the party’s attention was determined to be exclusively focused on the program statements in the Parliament that start today.

His letter Andreas Loverdou it arrived at the party offices unexpectedly almost at the same time as it was being publicized on social media. Among other things, he said: “the reasons for my resignation are purely political and I set them out in a highly confidential letter today to the president of the Movement.” What did this letter contain? According to information, he recorded his deficit PASOK to approach the center. Executives of Harilaou Trikoupi pointed out that the argument is groundless, as in the recent polls there was an increase in the percentage of voters in the center with the ND occupying 38% and PASOK following with 32%.

What they consider an oxymoron in PASOK is that since one day ten days ago the candidate for the leadership of the party has been fighting the battle of the cross in the northern sector of Athens and within such a short period of time he is talking about political disagreements. Is it the fault of his non-election to parliament? What is certain is that there was a difficulty in communicating with Nikos Androulakis after the internal party battle of PASOK. The “thermometer” went up when Andreas Loverdos had disagreed with the pre-election rejection of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Alexis Tsipras from the prime ministership, without any specific counter-proposal. Speaking to SKAI, he said: “when we go to the elections and we reject persons, we must also propose a person”.

It was followed by the emptying by Harilaou Trikoupis with 18 words: “it is politically paradoxical that Andreas Loverdos has common concerns with Yiannis Oikonomou and Akis Skertsos”. According to many, his visit and the photo shoot in his office Adonis Georgiadis at the Ministry of Labor it was the “bell” for the divorce of the two sides. However, they are not in a hurry to predict his inclusion in the ranks of the majority. The question now is whether there are executives who will follow him. Some believe that the former minister is “resetting the counter” by weighing his next step.

In 2012, Andreas Loverdos formed the Radical Movement of the Social Democratic Alliance (RIKSSY), because of which he was deleted by Evangelos Venizelos who was then the leader of PASOK. Later it evolved into “Agreement for New Greece” which participated in “Elia” in the 2014 European elections.