“We have a monopoly and a communication superweapon of government positions”
As “interior theme of the apartment building on the right” commented on the “Parapolitika” radio station the press representative of PASOK-Movement of Change, Kostas Tsoukalasthe possibility of founding a party by Antonis Samaras, stating that “it is a matter that concerns the government, for this reason it also receives these attacks from the environment around the Maximos Palace”.
The press representative of PASOK-KINAL said that the characterization of the former prime minister that the ND has become a hybrid of the anti-Semitic PASOK has no relation to realityarguing that in contrast to that period of PASOK government, “today we have a regression and a decrease in productivity and work and also the economic cycle, so I do not find commonalities between the two historical periods”.
Asked about the possibility that Megaros Maximos will choose Alexis Tsipras as an opponent, Mr. Tsoukalas replied that he did not know, but expressed his belief that “Maximos Palace has a strategy to destabilize PASOK, because it knows that PASOK is the real opponent.” “A state of stagnation in the country can no longer continue. We want elections because the country needs to come apart,” he noted.
As for whether PASOK is worried about a potential Tsipras party, Mr. Tsoukalas commented that “the next main dilemma of the elections will be whether we will have a new period for the country or whether we will have one of the same”, that is, “if we will have persons who have a path but have been judged and tested in many roles”. “The country doesn’t need one of the same, it needs a leap forward, a flight to the future with modern policies and of course I don’t think it benefits the country for the political dialogue to be based on the readings of the past”, he commented to add that in this context, “we see Mr. Samara who came to talk about his own actions, Mr. Tsipras who wants to confirm the correctness of his own actions, the prime minister who says how well he did everything while the world is at his limits.” “All this backtracking is not helping the country because these are policies that have been judged, weighed and largely found to be underpowered,” he argued.
He also pointed out that PASOK is a programmatic party with a sign, with political personnel, that moves in the foreground, with an ideology, “so, obviously a political plan and a program is built on it, so everyone is evaluated by how much they agree with our program”. He emphasized that “every person, especially the former prime ministers, has a path”, while on the issue of political proximity he said that the main thing is that “we have a political plan, we don’t know what the stigma of these parties is”. He said that “Mr. Samara’s stigma is known” and that “Mr. Tsipras, while he has a path and a political identity, today there is intense confusion about what he will represent if he establishes a party.”
Regarding the belief that there are interests that exclude PASOK from the information, Mr. Tsoukalas gave as an example how Mr. Androulakis’ initiative was treated in relation to the issue of gun ownership and what happened in Vorizia: “When we see that out of the six major channels it is only on the two news bulletins and the other four completely forget that the initiative of the official opposition leader exists as news, it is an issue. Mainly we have a monopoly and a communication superweapon of the positions of government. When, for example, it is daily news if the cover came out, if the foreword came out, if the audiobook was made, if the sheets for a book are printed and this is judged as more important news than accuracy, it is indicative of a situation. Still, therefore, even hypothetical parties have more publicity, I am saying this about Mr. Samaras as well, I am not saying this only about Mr. Tsipras”.