He described the experience of his leadership candidacy as “bittersweet”. PASOK the Pavlos Geroulanosspeaking to and in “Today» where he was hosted on Friday morning. “The important thing is that the whole process highlighted a coordinated, united PASOK that can recover with the right moves and fight for the next national elections. We will see how the faction will proceed after Sunday and in the long run it will also be seen how it will be imprinted”, as he characteristically stated initially.

Regarding the elections her Sunday and his impending battle Nikos Androulakis with him Harry Doukasbut also the rumors that bring the former to anoint him “Vice President of Finance” of PASOK if elected, Mr. Geroulanos reminded that he already holds this position as a department head in the party, clarifying that he will always be at the forefront and with Mr. Androulakis and with Mr. Doukas. “The battles ahead of us are critical, the day after tomorrow, for example, the budget comes to the Parliament and the world expects a lot from us. The impoverishment of the middle class and the desertification of the countryside cannot continue.”

In response to a question about whether the candidacy of Anna Diamantopoulos “cut” his votes, he pointed out:

“I have already answered it and Mrs. Diamantopoulou’s people themselves admit it: if she had not stepped down, I would have been in the second round. But I tell you, this is over. I have not spoken to her since the end of the first round, there has been no attempt to communicate between us.”

“I am not Pontius Pilate”

Then responding to the “wreck” of the Androulaki-Douka telefight, the PASOK MP noted that he does not know if anyone is responsible for it, adding that “it is important to include debates in our lives a little more widely and not only in the elections. It’s sad that it won’t happen. I remember when I ran for mayor of Athens with Messrs. Bakoyannis, Iliopoulos and Sofianos, we had a debate by neighborhood, which was very useful, because you showed if you knew the problems of each neighborhood and it seemed that the people knew you.”

Finally, he emphasized that not indicating to the people who to vote for is not a “Pontius Pilate” attitude.

“I proposed a leadership model, from there on the voters said ‘Paul, wait, sit down, we have other candidates to choose from.’ If that doesn’t serve the model I have in mind, I can’t turn around now and tell people what to do. Politics has changed, you don’t say “I’ll bring you 500 votes” anymore, that’s not who the voter is anymore