Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis traded sharp accusations Friday during a parliamentary debate on constitutional revision, each charging the other with undermining democratic institutions.
Mitsotakis accused PASOK of directly violating the Constitution’s letter, saying “extreme parties settled for blind denial,” while “the so-called responsible PASOK declares an awkward ‘present’ that amounts to ‘absent.’”
He said the revision’s success depends more on the minority’s stance than the majority’s, and pressed Androulakis to explain his opposition despite agreement on revising at least 15 articles.
Mitsotakis also outlined the government’s 33-article proposal, including referendum rules, protection against retroactive taxes, affordable housing guarantees, restrictions on pretextual election calls, mandatory cabinet approval of government planning, expanded postal voting, judicial leadership selection among judge-nominated candidates, and changes to ministerial accountability rules.
Androulakis further countered that Mitsotakis attacks independent authorities, interferes with the judiciary and violates parliamentary rules and the Constitution, saying an end must be put to institutional decline.
