Back to the future for KINAL as members vote to bring back PASOK name
Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis hailed a new era late Sunday after party members voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the party’s name to PASOK-Movement for Change.
The name change, decided in a ballot that drew more than 170,000 members, signals a return to the political legacy of once-dominant Panhellenic Socialist Movement founded by the late Andreas Papandreou in 1974. The move also marks the reinstitution of the green rising sun party logo.
“The people have decided: Our symbol, the sun, is back – along with the memories of a historic party that has come to be identified with [Greek] people’s battles for democracy, social justice and national dignity,” Androulakis said.
PASOK merged into KINAL in 2018 under the leadership of Fofi Gennimata, who died in October last year. Androulakis, an MEP, was elected new KINAL leader in December.
The party was recently polling slightly over 11 percent, behind ruling New Democracy conservatives and leftist SYRIZA. Its third congress will take place in May 20-22.
