Conversely, when asked if the election has been turned into a referendum on the memorandum or will serve as a vote of confidence in the government, Kaklamanis' primary opponent, PASOK-backed Giorgos Kaminis, said: "The answer is quite simple: Our coalition is not just backed by PASOK, for citizens to consider it as such … The prime minister, on his part, as the head of the government, has to deal with major national issues, both on the domestic and international front; in the wake of the economic crisis, therefore, he formulates his policies on several levels, and with many dilemmas."
S druge strane, upitan jesu li izbori pretvoreni u referendum o memorandumu ili će predstavljati svojevrsno glasovanje o povjerenju vladi, Kaklamanisov glavni suparnik Giorgos Kaminis, kojeg podupire PASOK, kazao je: "Odgovor je vrlo jednostavan: našu koaliciju ne podupire samo PASOK, ako tako smatraju građani... Premijer, sa svoje strane, kao šef vlade, mora se baviti značajnim državnim pitanjima, kako na domaćem, tako i na međunarodnom planu; u svjetlu gospodarske krize, on samim tim formulira svoju politiku na više razina, i s mnogim dvojbama."