Petalotis: vote showed support for PASOK

The present government will hold elections at the “time foreseen under the Constitution”, government spokesman George Petalotis told reporters on Tuesday.

“The citizens showed with their vote last Sunday that they have political maturity and are nationally responsible, that they desire the country’s steady and unobstructed course in exiting the crisis that only PASOK and George Papandreou can guarantee,” he said.
He underlined that the second round of municipal and regional elections next Sunday would be crucial, noting that voters would have to choose only those individuals that were suitable for the Kallikratis plan to really work.
Asked when the country would go to general elections in light of last Sunday result, Petalotis replied: “At the time foreseen under the Constitution”.
He noted, however, that the wager in the second round of local government polls remained unchanged, emphasising the need for the right people to begin the “revolutionary” Kallikratis plan.
Petalotis said the government was satisfied with the result in the first round, especially in light of the difficult conditions and the tough measures it had been forced to take. He emphasised that there did not seem to be any rallying around “anti-Memorandum” forces in the second round.
Concerning the message of the elections and the relative percentages gained by opposition parties, the spokesman stressed that it was not strictly valid to compare results in local government elections with those of national elections.