PASOK continues its steady upward course, Androulakis says

"The result of tonight's elections is clear: PASOK continues its steady upward course. It is clearly the second force in local administration by a large margin," the leader of PASOK-Movement of Change, Nikos Androulakis, said commenting on the results of the first round of the local elections.

Androulakis added that for the second round the challenges are great.

"We have to achieve much more and we will achieve it together with the democratic progressive world of the country because the great challenge and the great goal is one: Our party, the democratic partty, will be in the next national elections the reliable progressive force, which will face with success the New Democracy," the leader of PASOK-KINAL said.