Turmoil persists in PASOK: Geroulanos says poll numbers are stagnant, calls for new strategy

Tensions are rising wrong PASOK amid disappointing polling figures, with elder enactment members openly voicing interest astir the party’s trajectory up of the upcoming elections.

Pavlos Geroulanos warned that “the needle is stuck,” stressing that unless decisive enactment is taken successful the adjacent 2 months, it volition beryllium hard for PASOK to regain momentum.

Anna Diamantopoulou besides sparked a question of reactions connected societal media aft insisting that PASOK indispensable stay an organization enactment that brings factual solutions to parliament. She emphasized that it cannot gradually drift into the relation of a protestation movement, “like Karystianou oregon Konstantopoulou.”

Meanwhile, Charis Doukas called for an contiguous unfastened congress, arguing that the enactment should officially determine not to participate into immoderate post-election practice with New Democracy.

Nikos Androulakis, responding to the remarks made by enactment officials, refrained from commenting connected the information that PASOK’s interior bodies seldom conscionable to statement each viewpoints. However, helium did not fell his discomfort implicit the ongoing “storm.” Speaking to OPEN, helium noted:

“The information that I travel to the workplace aft a TIF wherever PASOK presented a broad authorities programme susceptible of bringing governmental alteration crossed each areas, and alternatively of discussing that, we are talking astir what you conscionable asked me, shows that definite statements are intelligibly moving successful the incorrect direction.”

A fewer hours later, however, Pavlos Geroulanos, speaking connected Action24, stood by his archetypal presumption that the adjacent 2 months volition beryllium decisive for PASOK’s trajectory and repeated his pointed warnings to the leadership. He echoed the concerns of seasoned MP Paris Koukoulopoulos, who noted that “the model of accidental for PASOK is small,” portion besides agreeing with the enactment person that “we indispensable each measurement connected the state and beforehand our programme everywhere.”

Geroulanos believes that if each of this is not done successful the adjacent aboriginal past “the governmental strategy volition find immoderate way, particularly aft Christmas, to commencement pushing different solutions connected the table.”

Asked what happens if the canvass numbers don’t improve, Geroulanos replied:

“It’s precise simple: Like you, if the canvass numbers are not doing well, each 3 of you volition get unneurotic and sermon what to bash — that’s what we volition do,” helium added. “No enforcement tin stay silent. Our occupation is to spell retired and combat for our party. That’s what we volition do. It’s conscionable that if definite things person not happened successful the clip framework we set, if the organs are not convened, if we don’t determination to a substantive conference, past we volition person to look astatine our strategy again.”

In yesterday’s GPO canvass for STAR, PASOK garnered 12.3% (up from 11.2% connected September 13) successful the voting intention; Kyriakos Mitsotakis is considered the astir suitable premier curate with 27.8%, followed by Nikos Androulakis with 10.4%. Asked whether they privation a authorities of cooperation, 30.7% answered “yes, with ND arsenic the backbone” and 29.2% answered “yes, with PASOK arsenic the backbone”.