With an overall review of governance from 2019 to today, instead of the established weekly review of government work, the prime minister chose yesterday to signal the start of a new political phase, three years after the government’s re-election and seven years after ND’s first electoral victory.
In his Sunday post Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to highlight, through measurable data, the progress that -as he argues- has been achieved in the economy, employment, the digital functioning of the state, health, education and defense, underlining that “nine out of ten pre-election commitments of 2023 have already been implemented or are on track for implementation.”
The government staff considers that the timing is suitable for an overall review, as the government enters the final stretch of its second term. Competent sources point out that the goal is to highlight the consistency between pre-election commitments and government work, against -as they note- an opposition that chooses to question the country’s progress as a whole. “We choose comparison instead of conflict,” Mr. Mitsotakis stated characteristically.
In the government camp, they estimate that the next period will be a period of acceleration of reform work, with the prime minister attempting to combine the review of the course so far with the presentation of the goals until 2027 and, more broadly, of the plan for Greece of 2030.
The strategy of the Maximos Mansion aims to maintain the emphasis on the implementation of specific interventions that affect citizens’ everyday life, so that the government continues to be evaluated, as they say, on the basis of results and not only announcements.
Tours
At the same time, the prime minister’s circle is now turning its gaze to the next day, placing emphasis both on the pending matters that remain and on direct contact with citizens.
The start is being made today, with a visit by Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Aigaleo, in yet another visit to Attica, a region in which almost half the country’s population lives and which has historically been a critical electoral field. The government will seek to strengthen its presence in areas where everyday life, infrastructure and public services are at the center of citizens’ interest.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the meeting of the Cabinet will take place, where the last package of reforms expected to be submitted for a vote in Parliament before the summer recess is expected to be approved. At the same meeting, it is estimated that the decisions will also be taken for the new leadership of the Supreme Court, with the selection of the new president and the new prosecutor of the highest court.
At the same time, the government’s harsh criticism of Alexis Tsipras continues, on the occasion of what he himself and his new associates are publicly claiming.
In this context, the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos launched a fierce online attack against the former prime minister:
“The ‘moral advantage’ -whether left-wing or right-wing- is the refuge of political fraudsters and habitual demagogues and populists. That is, of the political forces that, instead of presenting a realistic, alternative program of governance, claim some supposed monopoly on honesty by accusing their opponents of being collectively corrupt. Precisely because they have nothing realistic and responsible to say, the forces of populism resort to ‘character assassination’ -but also of entire political spaces- by playing with citizens’ emotions,” he stressed, among other things.