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“You will not hear from us catastrophizing, predictions and lies from Kassandra,” said Alexis Tsipras of TIF two months after the second consecutive loss in July 2019. The developments did not come as expected.
The omnipotence of Kyriakos Mitsotakis 18 months before the elections and the dominance on the political scene in the face of the poverty of Alexis Tsipras’ proposals and the fear of the “skeletons” that are now in Koumoundourou’s closet changed the data.
Alexis Tsipras seemed to seek the passage to social democracy and the occupation of the central space, surpassing the KINAL of Fofi Gennimata. And to declare its willingness to exercise “a constructive opposition but at the same time a militant opposition where necessary, a documented and modern opposition”,
Only, he hadn’t calculated that Kyriakos Mitsotakis would continue to dominate the political scene and bring out the electoral scene with a simple analogy he wrote, putting the country in front of a possibility of anarchy.
For 18 months, polls show a strong and strong lead for Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who seems determined to implement the program with which he won the 2019 elections, even though he has lagged behind due to the pandemic and global recession. A recent example is the theme of University Security promoted by the Ministry of Education.
By all measures, the prime minister is accepted not only by ND voters – who show no signs of disappointment, perhaps for the first time in the party’s history – but also by voters from other parties with the majority belonging to the KINAL, without Let the number of those who voted for SYRIZA in the last elections be negligible.
The “resistance” displayed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis is typical. In the midst of a pandemic, with the fear of public health and the economic recession that it brings and with the Greek-Turkish crisis remaining active, it still maintains a leadership that not only fulfills the intention to vote or convenience in the general sense.
In his basic characteristics, the sense of confidence he has gained, the reflexes he seems to have but also his ability to recognize his mistakes and the mistakes made in the government.
At this stage, as confirmed, after 18 months of “photos of the moment”, as polls by analysts and political parties are called, Kyriakos Mitsotakis continues to be the master of the game, having conquered the space in the center, with which he sought to flirt. . Alexis Tsipras.
The win show, perhaps the most characteristic indicator, which reduces the difference to percentages of 40%, confirms it monthly.
The “skeletons” in Koumoundourou’s closet
On the other hand, Alexis Tsipras’ statement at TIF in September 2019 was sent to the archive of promises that SYRIZA never kept. The same occurs with the move to social democracy, as the last farewell tax of the Center, which remains empty due to the inability of Fofi Gennimata to escape the sterile opposition discourse and the narrative of the “bilateral struggle.”
Alexis Tsipras was called upon to play his role as leader of the official opposition and failed. From “You will not know about us catastrophe, predictions and lies of Cassandra”, he went to the opposite shore.
SYRIZA’s own executives are waiting, as they themselves claim, for proposals from the top leadership to move on to the so-called “broad speech”. For the moment, they are looking at the leadership and the self-proclaimed presidents, consumed in an extremely aggressive and divisive rhetoric with expressions that often go to the limit of insults.
A stance taken by Alexis Tsipras himself, who made catastrophism his central political narrative in an attempt to create an explosive political scene.
Divisive reporting, rhetoric of civil war and extreme expressions are their own pattern that is followed, but not by all executives, with most taking a back seat, increasing their anxiety. However, citizens who at this stage, in the midst of successive and different crises, are waiting for proposals and support for the effort to bring the country to the forefront in both public health and the economy, do not follow much more.
From the summer onwards, Al. Tsipras has even outdone himself, reminding many of the period before 2015. Only this time Koumoundourou has his own “skeletons” that seem to cause panic in his leadership.
A typical example is the Folli Follie case. At a time when the SYRIZA president himself was calling for a debate on transparency and democracy ahead of the agenda, the revelations and references to his own politicians who are said to have been involved in the case changed his plans.
And yes, the presumption of innocence is above all, however the issue that arose is indicative of the problems that exist in SYRIZA. Problems that began in the summer with the revelations against Nikos Pappas and that Alexis Tsipras was quick to cover up by putting the party and the deputies as a “shield of protection” for his close collaborator.
In the case of Foli Follie, of course, justice will rule. The data shows that there was favorable treatment, the delays in the investigation by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission were too long, and the ownership of the company was able to move comfortably in time to resolve the outstanding issues.
But beyond what will happen with Foli Follie, the only certainty is that Alexis Tsipras, lacking a programmatic and structural opposition discourse, is trying to cover up his internal party problems and references to his own government affairs with a extreme speech. A divisive rhetoric, on the verge of an acceptable political confrontation and that creates the feeling that it is a “smokescreen” for what may follow.
