Androulakis urges Mitsotakis to explain withdrawn Article 23 on debt funds in Parliament

Video and demand for a parliamentary answer

On Tuesday, 3 November 2026, Nikos Androulakis, leader of PASOK and of the official opposition, posted a video on TikTok targeting the government over Article 23, a provision on red loans that had been dropped from a Finance Ministry bill on private debt. In the video he asked Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to appear before Parliament on Wednesday, 4 November, and explain the measure. Androulakis argued that the withdrawal did not close the matter, and he credited PASOK with exposing the provision. A PASOK announcement carrying the same message framed the call as a challenge to the prime minister to answer for the clause in the chamber.

In the statement he said:

“Article 23 was another gift from New Democracy to the funds at the expense of borrowers. We exposed you, and after the social outcry you withdrew it.”

He then addressed the premier directly, presenting a second line as the core of his demand.

“Mr Mitsotakis, tomorrow Wednesday you must give explanations in Parliament. Because in democracy the law of silence does not apply. The law of accountability applies.”

What PASOK says the clause would have done

According to Androulakis, the provision would have made debt-settlement contracts automatically enforceable titles, letting creditors start enforcement without the intermediate stages of judicial protection that borrowers would otherwise have. He called the move a manoeuvre that he said had never been seen before, and he argued that it would narrow the judicial protection available to borrowers. To illustrate, he described a borrower who owed 100,000 euros and missed instalments for four months after suddenly losing a job, saying a fund could then proceed to seizure without any court ruling. In the same account, funds could take borrowers' property without any court review at all. Androulakis said the measure would have strengthened the position of funds and debt management companies at a time when he argues borrowers need more protection. The articles present these points as PASOK's reading of the clause, and none of them quotes the provision's legal wording.

The withdrawal and the government's position

The provision was removed from the Finance Ministry bill on private debt after public criticism, according to the accounts in the articles. Androulakis attributes the withdrawal to the social outcry that followed PASOK's disclosure of the clause, and he says the government pulled it after being caught. PASOK said it will keep pressing for transparency and protection for borrowers. Androulakis also said that Greece has no room for further opacity or lawlessness, a line he delivered in the same video. The articles do not report any response from Mitsotakis or the government to the video or to the claims about the clause.

What comes next

Androulakis's call sets Wednesday, 4 November, as the date for an answer in Parliament, but the articles report no confirmation that the prime minister will attend. The dispute therefore rests for now on PASOK's account of a provision that has already been withdrawn. Whether the matter moves into a parliamentary debate or stays a question of party messaging will depend on whether Mitsotakis takes up the call, which the articles do not yet show.