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."
Na drugoj strani, upitan da su izbori pretvoreni u referendum o memorandumu ili će predstavljati svojevrsno glasanje o poverenju vladi, Kaklamanisov glavni protivnik Jorgos Kaminis, koji uživa podršku PASOK-a, rekao je: „Odgovor je veoma jednostavan: našu koaliciju ne podržava samo PASOK, ako tako smatraju građani... Premijer, sa svoje strane, kao predsednik vlade, mora da se bavi značajnim nacionalnim pitanjima, kako na domaćem, tako i na međunarodnom planu; u ekonomskoj krizi, on samim tim formuliše svoju politiku na više nivoa, i sa mnogim dilemama.“