As Prime Minister George Papandreou continues to think about PASOK’s lineup of candidates for the November local elections, the government appears to be grinding to a halt as ministers wait to see whether they will be among those called on to quit national politics for the local scene.
Rummors suggest that Papandreou has returned to the initial scenario of sending four or five major names from his Cabinet out to stand in the November 7 polls with the aim of securing key cities and regions. These will be the first local elections since local government boundaries were redrawn as part of the government’s Kallikratis scheme, which has created powerful regional authorities in the place of smaller prefectures.
Possible names are those of the Minister for the Environment Tina Birbili and Justice Minister Haris Kastanidis as well as Agricultural Development Minister Katerina Batzeli and Deputy Health Minister Fofi Gennimata.
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