By Con George-Kotzabasis May 17, 2014
On the 18th
and 25th of May respectively, Greeks will be voting in the country’s
municipalities and prefectures, and for the European Parliament. According to
all polls, the contest between the major parties of the Coalition Government of
New Democracy/Pasok and Syriza will be very close, and apparently the
indecisive voters, who comprise 12% of the electors, will determine which of
the major parties will win the elections.
In my opinion, the
majority of this indecisive section of the electorate will cast their vote in
favour of the Samaras Government—especially in the European parliamentary
elections--and thus the latter will be the winner of the triple elections. My
reasoning is that if this part of the electorate was inclined and had a strong
feeling to protest against the government, for the harsh austerity measures the
latter had to implement, it would already have shown this inclination by
intimating to the pollsters that it would vote for the Opposition Party of Syriza.
It seems therefore to me that the undecided voters are more concerned about the
political stability of the country and the slow but robust steps that the
Samaras government is taking in pulling the country out of the crisis, which
all serious international observers acknowledge and most economic indicators
show, and thus will vote for the security the government accomplished
in keeping Greece within Europe, than the insecurity the left-wing Opposition
Party of Syriza represents with its dangerous and foolhardy policies that could
lead to the ousting of Greece from Europe and to the economic catastrophe of
the country.
