For the debate between his candidate leaders PASOK spoke on Thursday morning o Pavlos Geroulanoswho was invited to and in “Today» with them Dimitris Oikonomou and Akis Pavlopoulos.

“There will be some questions between the candidates and until then, it will not be an open debate and I have to tell you that, despite the fact that I am in favor of open debates, when there are 6 people there is a risk that it will become a ‘coffee shop’ debate,” he said. regarding this, Mr. Geroulanos, pointing out that the next president of the faction must have a plan, experience and ensure unity, being at the forefront of the battles in society, Parliament and within the party.

“To the question of whether I am prime minister, I answer that the process from the intra-party ballot box to the national one shows what we can do. The big talks in Parliament this year were about “red” loans, public property, taxation of small and medium-sized businesses, accuracy. All these were battles I fought in the Parliament”, he then emphasized, adding:

“You saw how quickly our supremacy evaporated, we reached 18% and fell very quickly to 12%, look at what is happening to SYRIZA. I don’t want to see PASOK go through such an adventure again.”

“I’m all for postal voting – We’re reaching out to a world from the Left and Center to the progressive right”

Asked about the next day and the cooperation scenarios, Pavlos Geroulanos replied that PASOK has always addressed a world from the Left and the Center to the progressive right and those disappointed with the New Democracy.

“To speak to this audience, it’s not about party partnerships, it’s about your plan, what you offer as a vision for the country. At the moment no party tells us on what framework we will cooperate. Neither ND nor SYRIZA”, while on the occasion of a possible PASOK-SYRIZA alliance, Mr Geroulanos commented “you don’t put two houses that are on fire together”.

Responding to possible mistakes on the issues of non-state universities and postal voting, he admitted that communication errors had been made, stating that he was in favor of both postal voting and electronic voting, as long as they ensured clarity in the registration process.

Finally, he made it clear that he does not particularly believe in opinion polls, since they are based more on “popularity”, while he expressed his certainty that he will definitely be in the second round.