Elections hold surprises…

Posted by Costas Stopas

Elections hold surprises…

Absenteeism and protest are emerging as key factors in the upcoming elections as a significant section of the electorate appears convinced that the country’s problems are behind and some spotty positive performance in the economy is ensuring the start of a virtuous cycle.

If the future usually emerges from dilemmas rather than certainties, the GPO’s question on “Parapolitics” last weekend, “Which parties do you swing between,” was spot on…

28.2% responded between Syriza and another smaller left-wing party. 14.3% between New Democracy and a smaller right-wing party.

Between ND – PASOK fluctuates 9.6%, between SYRIZA and PASOK 8.4% and between ND – SYRIZA 4.4%

Among other things, 15.8% do not know, while 19.3% do not know the answer …

If the trio of Skirtsos, Pierakakis and Georgiadis appears to be winning on points, with no guarantee of qualification at the moment, the trio of Ragosis, Mazouranis and Mithridates, the surprise may come from Koutsoubas whose oft-pictured “Knitika” remarks have become all over the place on social media…

In ND they believe they have found the weak point and focus their fire on Ragosi’s state-subsidized and “tax sensitive” business activity…

In essence, however, they are betting on what this country’s business community and civil service globally consider to be the ideal economic combination. A civil servant in the morning and a businessman in the evening with government support…

After all, the business activity of deputy Andreas Patsis consisted of something similar. The fact that the political beagle is seen as the best of all sectors of the Greek economy offering favorable prospects should not be considered a coincidence.

Tourism and debt restructuring are inexhaustible resources in the country of sand, sun, antiquities, and one bankruptcy after another…

A columnist friend who is a financial services executive for a large company told me that when the company was interested in hiring, for a specific department, an economics graduate with no prior experience, she informed a young relative of hers. who met the criteria and temporarily worked as a waiter in the tourism industry. He refused it with the request that his parents not be informed of the proposal, since in the current activity the “black” of the tips exceeded the present and future earnings…

Comfort has been gnawing at the souls and foundations of this country for many decades now.

To the question “When do you usually decide which party you will ultimately vote for in elections?” Of the GPO poll, 45.2% answered long before the election and 34.4% answered that they consistently vote for the same party.

During the pre-election period, 10.6% decided, in the last days before the elections 6.4%, and on election day 2.4%.

Therefore, 19-20% decide during this period what they will vote for. But in a period when complacency with the worst is behind us, the criterion of what won’t vote is even more important…

In addition, complacency seems bad advice, at a time when an American president is on trial, a Swiss bank goes bankrupt, a French president and a commission chief “break” the Western embargo on China …

So I wish you a great week…

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