1. The union chiefs, which included the presidents of the country’s largest private group, GSEE, and the civil servant’s union, ADEDY, said in a joint statement that they thought the current president of the party, as well as its «elected bodies, members, friends and voters are the guarantors of its unity and future prospects.» They also criticized Papandreou’s main rival, Evangelos Venizelos, who recently claimed that the union mechanism was not being put at his disposal to promote his campaign. «If Mr Venizelos wants to find mechanisms, he should look very carefully in his own environment,» said GSEE President Yiannis Panagopoulos.