THE Nikos Androulakistonight clarified the position of the PASOK-Movement of Change on the marriage of same-sex couples, stating in an interview on the main news bulletin of ANT1 that it is a position of principle and he will vote for it without raising the issue of party discipline to the MPs.

“We are not a la carte franchisors. We are in favor of institutionalizing the civil marriage of same-sex couples“, the president of PSOK-KINAL made it clear.

Mr. Androulakis reserved himself to see the government’s bill, while underlining that he wishes to secure children’s rights. However, he tested negative for surrogacy.

“We care about children’s rights, but the notion that we’re going to order by name and gender? if possible! This is what we missed…” emphasized the president of PASOK-KINAL.

Nikos Androulakis explained his recent report: “ We will not tie the shoelaces of Mr. Mitsotakis”. As he said, “I said this in response to whether we would raise the issue of party discipline. Probably some of our MPs will not vote for the regulation. What I am doing as the leader of PASOK, the opposition has done hundreds of times».

However, he criticized the position of Kyriakos Mitsotakis towards the ND deputies who disagree to abstain instead of voting against it. “This has never happened before,” said Nikos Androulakis and underlined what he would do: “I would convene the Central Committee of the party, I would open a dialogue, I would convince my party and I would bring the provision to the Parliament and not wait for the opposition MPs to pull the chestnuts out of the fire».

In addition to the controversial issue of same-sex marriage, the president of PASOK-KINAL sharply commented on the recent characterizations against him by the president of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, that he will not cooperate with a blackmailed party president: “It’s not about cooperation. It is a matter of political ethics, principles and respect for citizens and the entire Greek people. Demographic despair led Mr. Kasselakis to this unacceptable formulation. He said I’m being blackmailed about the wiretapping case. I am the only politician in this country who did everything I could at the level of Justice, national and European. If I, who did all this, am being blackmailed, the other 79 who have done nothing in justice, what are all of them, the SYRIZA executives and the ND ministers?“, asked Mr. Androulakis and emphasized: “After I appeared on the political scene, my response from the ND sub-state was to trap me with wiretapping. And here comes an extreme follower of Mr. Mitsotakis, who was preparing to become his minister, to make these characterizations. Let the Greek people decide who Mitsotakis has against them».

He clearly identified as the electoral goal of PASOK-KINAL in the European elections to be the second party “to unite the progressive faction and defeat the ND in the next national elections. I serve this scenario and not micro-competitions. We are not concerned with the vertigo of SYRIZA, our opponent is the problems of society and the attitude of the ND which does not deal with them“, underlined the president of PASOK-Movement of Change.

Regarding the issues of social housing where rents are constantly rising, Mr. Androulakis reiterated the position that the golden visa should be abolished and a stock of social housing should be created with specific measures, strongly criticizing the government’s policy.

As far as the accuracy is concerned, he placed the responsibility completely on the government for its attitude that “favors the inflation of greed“, as he noted.