Oct 20, 2023

Editorial RoomCurrent Affairs The head of the “Epiros Olon – Topos nak zeis” faction, Stefanos Zoumbas, characterizes the complaints made publicly by the faction’s regional councilor candidates for giving bonuses to other candidates as “conspiracy theories”. St. Zoumbas, although he was left out of the frame by both Margarita Kitsanou and Kostas Kyritsis, wanted to respond, in a way that can act as a shield for those who were complained about, but on the other hand it certainly does not help the faction he leads , as it is certain that he will hardly have executives by his side, whose complaints he attributes to personal bitterness and speaks of an unhealthy reaction. As, of course, it does not help PASOK – Movement of Change to try to hide problems under the carpet, which do exist, as one can easily see just from the comments that accompany the relevant reports or the posts of complaints on social media networks by the complainants themselves. Stefanos Zoumba’s comment on his personal Facebook account is as follows: “A basic component of the democratic functioning of a faction, a party and in general the entire political system should be the respect for the right of individual vote of every citizen but and the acceptance of the popular verdict. For this reason, the popular verdict should not, under any circumstances, be examined based on the subjective criterion of personal success or not, and accordingly be accepted or not accepted. Its importance, as a basic core for the functioning of the democratic state, is above all. And this is because in the electoral process there are no free and unfree voters. There are citizens who freely express their will with their vote. Recent examples are the results of the second Sunday (Athens, Thessaloniki, Thessaly), which demonstrated that no one can predict in advance, nor indicate, let alone guide the popular will. Any conspiracy theory can be an easy solution to the analysis of the election results and somewhat mitigate personal bitterness. However, it is not the healthiest reaction either. And this because, beyond its dilutive effects, it endangers and calls into question two of the most basic achievements of our democratic polity: Respect for the personal choice of each citizen and the popular verdict”. Share0