“I fully respect the decisions of the members and friends of SYRIZA who – for the first time, with my own commitment – chose our MEP candidates themselves. But there are cases when the President must intervene in order not to “load” responsibilities elsewhere by washing his hands. Especially since women, unfortunately, still suffer from multiple discriminations, inequalities and gender-based violence.
It is with regret that I am forced to exclude Dimitris Papanotas from the Euroballot. I know that he issued a corrective statement, but the issue he referred to is highly sensitive and cannot be discussed. Especially for the party that has human rights and equality at its forefront”, he said in X.
I completely respect the decisions of the members and friends of SYRIZA who – for the first time, with my own commitment – chose our MEP candidates themselves. But there are cases when the President must intervene in order not to “load” responsibilities elsewhere by washing his hands.
— Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) April 18, 2024
Dimitris Papanotas: Who will replace him?
Dimitris Papanotas’ replacement will be the first runner-up elected from the party’s primary election process and Stefanos Kasselakis will anoint the five, as was agreed upon at the meetings of the competent bodies in Koumoundourou.
The position of Dimitris Papanotas is taken by Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, son of Katerina Papakosta, who was Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection in the SYRIZA government.
Konstantinos Sidiropoulos has a PhD in Biology.
“It is a great victory for New Democracy at the expense of SYRIZA. I am truly sorry for their way of thinking. If you don’t have the guts to face the attacks I will receive, then I will resign. They told me, no Dimitris.
I want to remind Mr. Kasselakis that I was the first to support him from the first video he uploaded”, said Dimitris Papanotas, in the first reaction following his expulsion from the SYRIZA European ballot. Referring to Sofia Bekatorou’s position, Dimitris Papanotas said that “I am willing to sit on a panel with her, to talk regarding all issues”.
A short time earlier, Sofia Bekatorou had made a statement. “I hope the party will stand as it should. To make the right move”, said the Olympic gold medalist and SYRIZA MEP candidate speaking on Parapolitik radio.
It is recalled that in recorded statements that were broadcast on TV shows in the previous days, Mr. Papanotas is heard saying that the women of Greece and the European Union do not have any problems, unless “if they want to have (s.s. problem). If she gets a satrap who abuses her too, she doesn’t speak, she sits and tolerates it, so it’s her problem.”
Dimitris Papanotas: “They called me a half-sex because of the cutting edge of a statement”
“This is cutting edge, it’s not a statement from start to finish. In the early 1990s in similar incidents of gender-based violence once morest women, I was the only one to react on TV and defend them, resulting in attacks and court cases that lasted for regarding 12 years. Then all these sensitive people I don’t know where they were and they appeared now”, states Dimitris Papanotas.
“So I thought that because we are not Iran and we are Europe, these issues have been resolved. Lately the complaints from women regarding gender violence are hundreds. Especially following Sunday’s murder. Clearly there is a serious problem, clearly the Left stands with all abused women and clearly we still have a long way to go to get to a level where we can say we are fine.
I have a very strong stomach, besides we all know who the attackers are. We know who they are, we didn’t expect them to applaud us”, concludes Dimitris Papanotas in his comment.
The journalist was also today (18.04.2024) a guest of Eleni Tsolakis on the show “Proino Sousou” and gave even more detailed answers to what is heard regarding him.
“Television games are another thing, to have a theme and sell. When a person has someone’s political speech it should be criticized there and not in anything else, and we should retrieve statements from the past and cut and sew. These are not just political indecencies, I don’t even want to characterize them”.
He then said: “I’ve always said to journalists, ‘Ask little and don’t cut things off, play the whole thing so people understand what I’m saying.’ From my statements the 5 minutes became a minute and a half in the broadcasts and the well-wishers made it 5 seconds. What conclusion should one draw from this?
“I’ve been called a misogynist for cutting a statement, which was a call for women to speak up. They should not make this social problem their individual problem”, added Dimitris Papanotas.
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