By Penelope Galliou

Changing the page with the closing of “fronts” and a quick step on the way to the European elections, the government reopens from today, with a road map of prioritizing everyday life and direct contact with citizens.

The month and the week are expected to start with the necessary – after the resignations of Messrs. Stavros Papastavros and Yiannis Bratakos – reshuffles within the Maximos Palace.

All the information converges that at the given political and pre-election moment a structural transformation is not preferable either in the government or in Maximos and as everything shows the gaps created will be filled by redistributing the roles between the existing persons, with an internal rearrangement.

In this plan, the central role and the responsibilities of the former Minister of State, Stavros Papastavros, will most likely be assumed primarily by the Minister of State, Makis Voridis.

Essentially, it will be a political upgrade, taking on additional responsibilities beyond the parliamentary work, after the pivotal role he played throughout the difficult parliamentary battle the government gave in the Parliament, during the discussion of the motion of no confidence.

It is possible that the changes will also have a zoning nature with Mr. Voridis moving. In fact, he is expected to move from Zalokosta Street to the first floor of Megaros Maximos, in the office that was previously occupied by Stavros Papastavrou, while according to the plan in question he appears to be assisting by the experienced legislative secretary of the cabinet, Stelios Koutnatzis.

A composition that at the same time – if validated – is expected to strengthen the other Minister of State, Akis Schertsoswho will have an even more crucial role for the promotion of the government work, but also the government representative and deputy minister in addition to the prime minister, Pavlos Marinakis, who knows the anthropo-geography of the party better than anyone else.

As far as the successor of Yiannis Bratakos is concerned, the solution of the Secretary General of the Parliament George Mylonakis, is losing ground as everything converges on Mr. Mylonakis staying in the pivotal role he has in the Parliament as a connecting link between the Parliamentary Group – Megaros Maximos – Piraeus.

Instead, there are suggestions that Mr. Bratakos’ replacement should be the prime minister’s trusted associate and director of the ND Parliamentary Group, Michalis Bekiris, or Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ secret associate, Thanasis Nezis.

However, it is not excluded the selection of the person to be made outside the Maximos Palace with the criterion of administrative and not political characteristics.

Closing this chapter, the “machines” both in Megaro Maximos and in Piraeus Street are gearing up for the polls on June 9, with the main characteristic and priority being tours and contact with the citizens, betting on the ever greater rallying of his base party and in a battle against “soft voting”.

The scene of extreme polarization and the confrontation with the opposition parties of all the previous days, already outlined the climate and the acrimony that will characterize the pre-election period, with the Maximos House, giving national characteristics to the decision of the Eurocalp.

A fact that prescribes the tough dilemmas that will be posed from now on during the tours of the prime minister, but also of the blue executives, with the central goal of recruiting blue voters, but all those voters who desire stability in the country and not turmoil into uncharted waters and new potential adventures.

In this climate, the prime minister is expected to visit Kalavryta tomorrow, where he was supposed to go on Thursday but the visit was postponed due to the parliamentary procedure of the motion of no confidence.

At the same time, throughout the week Megaro Maximos and Piraeus will move to the rhythm of a conference, as the 15th Congress of the N.D. opens its curtain, from April 5 to 7, in a symbolic space, in Zappeio Megaro, that is where it was signed in 1979 by Konstantinos Karamanlis the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).

A landmark Conference, as it will also mark the transition to a new era, with the N.D. to serve her second consecutive term.

The three-day conference will begin its work with a speech by Prime Minister and ND President Kyriakos Mitsotakis. A video will be presented of the most important milestones in its long history, from its foundation until today, and it will also focus on the milestone of June 9, the date of the European elections.

In fact, it will also mark the official start of the pre-election campaign, while a few days later, and until April 14, the ND will present all its MEP candidates.