Suprotno tome, na pitanje da li će se izbori pretvoriti u referendum o memorandumu ili će poslužiti kao izglasavanje povjerenja vladi, osnovni suparnik Kaklamanisa, Giorgos Kaminis koga podržava PASOK, izjavio je: "Odgovor je jako jednostavan: Našu koaliciju ne podržava samo PASOK, da bi je građani takvom smatrali ... Premijer sa svoje strane, kao šef države, mora izaći na kraj s velikim nacionalnim pitanjima, i na domaćem i na međunarodnom frontu; nakon ekonomske krize, stoga, on formulira svoje politike na nekoliko nivoa, te uz mnogo dilema."
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."