His firm belief that the President of the Hellenic Republic should be elected directly by the people, in order to disconnect the process from the possibility of early elections, expressed Former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. At the same time, the experienced statesman and former President of New Democracy underlined that the country must not go to early elections without previously completing a constitutional reform, while he underlined that Greece needs “a minimum of understanding.” In an interview with the Greek Parliament’s TV network, Mitsotakis highlighted that “our country cannot thrive if there is not even a minimum of understanding. Ideally, there should be an agreement on the Constitution’s revision. Greece will not come out of the deep crisis if the Constitution does not change. No matter how many structural changes we make, they will not be enough. We need deeper cuts that can only be achieved through constitutional changes. Why cannot there be a discussion on the revision? Today the political dialogue has unfortunately been canceled. Insults are exchanged, instead of dialogue.” Regarding the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic, he said that “the fact that the Constitution of the post-junta regime, which has many weaknesses, connects the election of the President with the possibility of elections, creates this inconvenience Greece undergoes today. Things would be simple: the government would continue undisturbed – this or any government that would reflect the European majority that exists in the current parliament – if it wasn’t for the matter of the election of the President. Why could the President not be elected by the people and be done with it?” Finally, the Former Premier said he hopes the opposition agrees on a constitutional review, while stressing his disagreement with the possibility of early general elections: “I want to reiterate that we must not head to elections. I personally believe that there should be no elections. This government should end its four-year mandate, but we should not have elections without the Constitution’s revision.”
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