2024-05-11 14:36:45
“The statement of Mr. Kaselakis about the “ministers who kill children” has no precedent of vulgarity”, emphasized the government representative Pavlos Marinakis, during the briefing of the political editors.
“First of all, because it concerns the current president of the official opposition, while the subsequent attempt to distort this statement makes the whole matter worse. What was said is unthinkable. In Mr. Kasselakis’ SYRIZA, toxicity is not a component but a dominant line. There is no reason to be marching in this climate of toxicity and division.”
Regarding Rama’s arrival in Athens, as he said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was informed only last Tuesday, on May 7, not about the place of the event, while on the Beleri issue he said that “it is not a bilateral issue. His candidacy symbolizes the defense of the righteous. The government at the highest level and also the ND have put it in Brussels, they have passed unanimous resolutions and this is what we will continue to do.”
Mr. Marinakis, when asked about the elections in North Macedonia, called it “self-evident and obvious that we cannot interfere in the internal affairs of another state, we are waiting to see the declarations of the new government and from there we will comment”.
When asked about the Prespa Agreement, he said that “the ND then, as the official opposition, had the most consistent and absolutely correctly formulated position. We had expressed our reservations using the parliamentary tools at our disposal. But – as the current prime minister had said – once this was voted on, it would constitute a commitment of the state that will follow the next governments. It is an international treaty that has been ratified, it takes precedence over any other provision and we expect this to be respected by the other side as well.”
Regarding the position of Pavlos Polakis on the withdrawal of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the government spokesman noted: “It is sad that we see this rhetoric of conspiracy theories against public health coming back, I think in the minority, but from a sitting Member of Parliament of the official opposition. Since SYRIZA does not abandon these unsupported theories, it means that it adopts them. This particular vaccine has been withdrawn because it is not up-to-date and there are others that meet the requirements. This is a falsification of reality. We have a duty to isolate such practices, which mislead public opinion.”
Regarding the Asimakopoulou case, Mr. Marinakis emphasized: “The assessment is that our position is confirmed, the ND was fully checked, it gave answers, we are waiting for the findings, the ND has no involvement with the case. There is no problem with Mrs. Kerameos. Turns out it has nothing to do with the case. She was attacked because she said the obvious, she talked about an “alleged burglary”. PASOK is sliding down a dangerous path, contradicting itself, relying on untrue reports. We were used to it from SYRIZA, we expected a responsible opposition from PASOK. Self-restraint is needed.”
SYRIZA: Who is poisoning political life?
The government representative Mr. Pavlos Marinakis, in the briefing for the political editors, appeared as allegedly against polarization and division in political life, attempting to attribute “vulgarity” and “toxicity” to SYRIZA-PS. Citizens can easily perceive who poisons political life, comments SYRIZA.
“Political obscenity is the collective culpability, which the ND MEP candidate, Ms. Vicky Flessa, insists on, who constantly repeats that in Tempi “we killed the children all together”.
Political toxicity is when the Prime Minister refers to an “imported leader” of the official opposition or when ND ministers charge SYRIZA with every court decision that causes social discontent, regardless of the actual facts. Or when he falsely accuses SYRIZA of inciting violence in the parades at a time when the party’s President, Stefanos Kasselakis himself, participated in them.