Last Sunday To Vima brought up the possibility of early elections being called. Almost immediately the little “parrots” (foolish by nature and multicolored by profession) got to work…
Anyone fearing being left with the hot potato begs for elections. They promised one thing and delivered another. In our case, the two main opponents are apparently aspiring for a triumph at the polls if early elections are called. Mr. Tsipras prides himself for having won three electoral showdowns so far and believes the forth win is not far away.
The new leader of the main opposition party is preparing his official outfit for his inauguration, having seen the latest opinion polls!
The prospect of elections will come to fruition if an “accident” occurs in Parliament. The current parliamentary majority is fragile and subject to the desire of those who compose it to maintain their seat in Parliament.
PS: Answer to a question by a reader: The only one to win consecutive elections was Konstantinos Karamanlis. The price however was painful. He left Greece on an airliner…
Stavros P. Psycharis
Originally published in the Sunday print edition
