By Despina Vlepakis

In Harilaou Trikoupi, they recharged their batteries during the holidays and are preparing to continue the structural and reliable official opposition to the Government. Nikos Androulakis, the PASOK MPs as well as officials of the green faction had the opportunity to go to the region and see firsthand the problems faced by the local communities, in view of the Regional conferences that the party will organize from the beginning of the new year .

The first topical question from Androulakis about the agricultural sector

The die has been cast and according to information the first topical question expected to be submitted by Nikos Androulakis to the Prime Minister as leader of the official opposition will concern the issues of farmers.

Close associates of the President of PASOK speak of a lack of long-term planning and strategy for the primary sector, since for years, as they note, the government has not submitted a coherent plan that addresses the problems with substantial solutions. They highlight the total abandonment of the Greek region and the farmers, resulting in a dramatic decrease in agricultural income and the desolation of the countryside. The current question will address the rising cost of production and the unaffordable costs faced by farmers. A topic that Nikos Androulakis has highlighted several times is the situation in OPEKEPE as delays in payments and bureaucracy intensify the problems. The president of PASOK is expected to ask for answers about issues of mismanagement that are coming to the surface, leading the Organization to European surveillance, according to sources from Harilaou Trikoupi.

Initiative for increases in insurance premiums

PASOK’s goal is for all proposals to have an overall political narrative with a beginning, middle and end, with Harilaou Trikoupi taking the initiative of the movements. They will immediately take the initiative for the increases in health insurance premiums and hospital coverage. A move announced by Nikos Androulakis:

“The way for this indecency was opened by the government of New Democracy with a law of 2020 (article 268 of law 4738/2020). With this law, it allowed the insurance companies to impose exorbitant increases based on a private health index, which in the final analysis they created. PASOK, with the start of the work of the Parliament, will immediately take the initiative to abolish this unacceptable regime and restore of transparency and balance in this area as well. We have a duty to face this injustice against thousands of our fellow citizens, caused by the decisions of Nea Democracy” said the leader of the Opposition in a statement two days before Christmas.

Mortgage and private debt

They are preparing a comprehensive intervention for housing in Harilaou Trikoupi, which is likely to be submitted as a law proposal. Moreover, PASOK has brought the issue into the public sphere with initiatives and proposals throughout the previous period. Information indicates that preparations are being made by executives of the green faction for PASOK to take a relevant initiative on Private Debt as well.

Central committee in January

And while PASOK will continue the hard lobbying in the Parliament, the party is preparing for the Central Committee which will be installed towards the end of January, the first after the internal party elections where all current issues will be put on the table and all PASOK clans will express themselves. For the time being, the Political Council remains pending, as no date has been leaked that does not go unnoticed and without comment among members of the internal party opposition as formed by the October elections.