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Presidency issue ends transition era
By common consent, the way in which Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis brought the presidential candidacy issue to an end, months before the process of presenting him to Parliament will begin, was a masterstroke.
Although everybody was certain that New Democracy would win overwhelmingly if elections were called due to the failure to elect a president, Karamanlis did not yield to the temptation of arrogance... |
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The end of ‘Papandreism’
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's choice of Karolos Papoulias as presidential candidate has led to awkward satisfaction within PASOK and displeasure among more right-wing factions of the ruling New Democracy party, both rooted in their perception of Papoulias as a founding PASOK cadre and close friend of the Papandreou family. So, according to these views, Karamanlis has vindicated «Papandreism,» as expressed by the late Andreas Papandreou.
In March 1985, during the election of another presidential candidate, we saw the most characteristic act of «Papandreism» when the then prime minister deceived (the late) Constantine Karamanlis by springing Christos Sartzetakis as the ruling party's candidate at the last minute. |
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