The president of PASOK talked about a complete failure of narrow partisan choices during his statement on the results of the first round of local and regional elections noting that unlike others who chose the hard party lines, PASOK let its members to go forward without nominating them.

Referring to SYRIZA ‘s attitude after the announcement of exit poll, Evangelos Venizelos said that “false and fleeting impressions such as those created between 7 and 9 pm on Sunday have no value comparing to the actual results”.

He also expressed his concern about the percentage of Golden Dawn in the Attica region and the municipality of Athens, referring to a “great democratic issue” and adding that “it is our duty to stand against Nazism and political violence”

Mr Venizelos talked about the European elections in May 25 referring to the need to provide an overview of progressive stability.

Commenting, finally, Alexis Tsipras’s statements that the elections on next Sunday will be the referendum that never happened for the Memorandum, Mr. Venizelos expressed the hope that people have now understood what SYRIZA meant when it was talking about “the real question which will be posed on election night that citizens should have in mind” emphasizing: “I have the impression that when Tsipras spoke about referendum was a victim of the artificial impressions as well as his party was on Sunday night immediately after the first exit poll results.