By Antonis Anzoletou

The first official position of a parliamentary party for him President of the Republic “fanned” the flame and effectively opened the debate about the leading state institution.

THE Alexis Haritsis surprised when from the peristyle of the Parliament he proposed him Christos Rammos for her successor Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Maybe some people expected it, but a little later. The New Left decided to take the initiative of the movements on this issue early on, asking for the cooperation of the progressive forces.

In this way he tried to put both the already in a difficult position PASOK as well as him SYRIZA. How easy is it for Nikos Androulakis to say “no” to the supreme judge who has insisted, as head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, on clearing up the wiretapping case that concerns him more than anyone else?

For PASOK, this debate should not be opened yet. For this, Charilaou Trikoupi did not hide their annoyance at his report Theodoros Margaritis, who also suggested Christos Rammos.

Possibly in the New Left they saw the embarrassment that was caused when the debate about the president of the Republic was opened in public.

In fact, everyone is trying to solve this particular “equation” behind the scenes. The presidential election is a “headache” mainly for the majority, since Kyriakos Mitsotakis does not want to lose a single vote from the proposal he will make.

At the same time, he is trying to protect the institution and the term of office of the current president, although Mr Alexis Tsipras yesterday he fiercely attacked Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He wishes to achieve as broad a consensus as possible that includes other parties, including PASOK.

With the new constitutional revision, each government can elect the President of the Republic on its own, but that is not the point. The spirit and letter of the previous regulation, which required an enlarged majority, still runs through the parties and Greek society. The election of the country’s first citizen should not be a one-party affair.

THE Socrates Famous when he was asked at the Forum of the Economic Post about the proposal of Alexis Haritsis, he did not open his papers. The new president can buy time for this specific issue, however the New Left has shown that in the discussion it has opened for a possible merger or merger with SYRIZA, it first asks for answers.

Possibly with such initiatives they want to show Koumoundourou that at the conference they rightly decided to follow an independent course, as SYRIZA is not ready to follow her proposals.

It is not an easy discussion for Harilaou Trikoupi either, because she does not want to entrench herself on the left of the political spectrum, but neither does she want to be seen as collaborating with New Democracy, which she wants to promote by dominating the center.