By Antonis Anzoletou

From yesterday the data in his pre-election race PASOK for the new leader they changed. THE Anna Diamantopoulou, speaking on SKAI radio, left open the possibility of her being a candidate for the presidency, while in any case she stated that she intends to be present. The former Commissioner of the European Commission and former minister had kept a clear distance from what was going on in PASOK from 2012 onwards.

Sometimes her name was also heard about taking over a portfolio in the New Democracy government, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis allegedly approaching her, without, however, the relevant rumors ever being verified.

It is recalled that the Prime Minister had met with Anna Diamantopoulou proposing her as a candidate for the position of Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

It is a fact that the head of the Network for Reform has created a political capital that both she and PASOK can use for its future course. Will he take the next step? Her colleagues who have undertaken to investigate the pros and cons for the possibility of her “return” to the central political scene are said to have already started a round of phone calls to former executives of the “modernizing bloc”.

It is certain that the Androulakis, Doukas, Geroulanos, Apostolakis, Giannakopoulos, Katrinis and Kanellakis they have one more “headache” to deal with if Anna Diamantopoulou finally decides to take the step. All the candidates are already intensifying their contacts throughout Greece for the collections of 5,000 signatures, with the majority of MPs finding it difficult to take a position if they do not first “scan” the wishes of their voters. Nikos Androulakis moves institutionally and with the role of the president of PASOK he insists on the agenda of everyday life. This is what he did during his tour of Mytilene where he focused on the issue of forest fires. Morale on his staff is up after the Central Committee meeting.

Those who have faced the current president are looking to “catch” voters of the movement who were not happy with the result of the European elections despite the fact that they had supported Nikos Androulakis, but also people who had stood by George Papandreou in 2021. First among them Haris Doukas, who has his support Manolis Christodoulakis.

Pavlos Geroulanos is reportedly investing a lot in this audience, possibly also a move of support from the former prime minister. Michalis Katrinis, Milena Apostolaki and Nadia Giannakopoulou are said to have emphasized disappointed voters of Nikos Androulakis. Will they all make it to the end of the course? In this phase the staffs meet continuously in order to determine the strategy, the contacts, the areas and even the age of the voters they propose to approach.