P. Geroulanos: The goal is the political domination over SYRIZA, electoral over ND

The candidate for the presidency of KINAL, Pavlos Geroulanos, in an interview with the newspaper “I Kathimerini”, when asked if he is in favor of restoring the name of PASOK and its symbols, given that at the last PASOK congress he had opposed its “integration” to the Movement for Change, he replied: “I was in favor then and I insist today, in favor of a substantial political process, the culmination of which will be the name change. A process that includes a conference of seats with a comprehensive pre-conference dialogue, PASOK in positions and proposals that concern the society today, a brave change of the party’s statute, which will open the party to the society, with tools such as electronic voting and the accountability of its executives. the hundreds of thousands of Greek women and men who are currently abstaining from the electoral process and the hundreds of executives who today remain dormant. At the end of such a process, if the name is a burden, we can decide to change it. ”

As for the possible participation in a government, either with ND or SYRIZA, he stressed that “my goal is to dominate SYRIZA politically, and then electorally over New Democracy”.

“An absolute priority,” he said, “is for the country to proceed with a radical decentralization of power, as a precondition for expanding the productive base, changing our production model and a fair distribution of wealth.”

“Today the government, with the tolerance of the opposition, is investing huge sums in a model that has passed, that has led us again and again to bankruptcy. And the worst thing is that it finances those who have nothing to lose, who protect their capital from the systemic risk of the country “P. Geroulanos characteristically stated, characterizing this process as” mortal “and pointing out that” thus the next bankruptcy of the country will be paid only by the middle and lower strata “.

He noted, in the form of a rhetorical question, “how do we decentralize power and expand the productive model when the two major parties refuse to relinquish power?” as, as he explained, “the ruling party, passed the law of the ‘staff state’ concentrating all power in Maximou, and SYRIZA does not miss the opportunity to cap institutions, to which power should be transferred, such as the local authorities, the universities and chambers “.

Regarding his candidacy after the withdrawal of F. Gennimata, P. Geroulanos said that “Fofi Gennimata leaves behind a personal and a political legacy. As a woman who overcame fear, and as a politician who fought for the unity of the space “This legacy has changed the political landscape in our area and we owe it to her. Since 2009, 2 million people have been removed from the polls because they feel that their voice is not represented. to present the positions I have been preparing for a long time, with an excellent team of collaborators and with these positions to claim the leadership of my party “.

“The pandemic may create conditions for abstention. However, limited participation will devalue any election of a leader. So I took it for granted that there is an option to vote electronically for anyone who wishes,” he said in response to a question.

P. Geroulanos made it clear that there was no possibility, nor was there a discussion of his coexistence with George Papandreou and stressed, concluding in his interview: “I appreciate and respect George Papandreou, like the rest of my fellow candidates, but it was clear from the beginning I honor the thousands of citizens who, by signing, have expressed their confidence in the positions and values ​​I stand for, the most important of which is the consistency of words and deeds. ”