PASOK’s style over substance
The main opposition party has once again resorted to lowly tactics of populist rhetoric. PASOK tried to describe the New Democracy government’s existing weaknesses and errors by using terms that have no place in civilized politics. By doing so, PASOK’s leader and his team neither honor themselves nor politics in general. But it appears Greeks have turned their backs on the intense rivalry that defined the political arena in the 1980s. People do not want to return to that sort of past, when everyone talked a great game but failed to offer specific proposals to actually deal with the country’s major problems. The electorate demands tough yet civilized criticism of the government’s work, or lack of it. Voters also expect real arguments, not abuse grounded in random and often dubious accusations of «fraud.» Greeks want their politicians to do something about the troubles facing this country. They do not want leaders to waste any more time hurling derisive adjectives at each other.
