Referring to the conclusion of the Supreme Court on the wiretapping, he spoke of an “unacceptable investigation”, stressing that it is not possible for “such an investigation to end at such a point without purpose” and that it “insults the intelligence of the world” and is a “blow to democracy”. .
Asked about the issue with SYRIZA’s media, he said that “it has occupied him for many months” and that he “sympathizes with the workers”, adding that the plan they presented was not sustainable. He also noted that the “irony” he receives from ND regarding his holidays is “hypocritical”, since the reason things have reached there is that it “serves transparency”. Something that, as he said, ND does not do, as it does not present the conditions for regulating its debt. “If Greece had the debt regulation of the ND, we would not have any memorandum”, he characteristically said.
With reference to the situation at the National Health Service, he emphasized that the “videos that have been released” are the “reality”, as “medical staff and doctors are fighting and really breaking out”. He referred, in fact, to Adonis Georgiadis, as the “minister of the dissolution of health” and emphasized that in a possible SYRIZA government, public health will be a “priority”, above even “defense funds”. He pointed out that the previous SYRIZA government did “enormous social work”, commenting that his disagreements with his predecessor do not concern the period of his government of which “he is proud”.
Asked about punctuality issues, including increased ferries, he spoke of “oligopolies”, blaming the “heavy neoliberal agenda of the ND”. However, he noted that the world understands the “mockery” and that it is “a given that the ND is deteriorating”.
“The political philosophy of the ND is failing,” he said, while admitting at the same time that beyond Greece, and in Europe, there is a “crisis” in terms of the persuasiveness of the progressive agenda. “I intend to present this modern left-wing proposal to the TIF. How exactly can a progressive government program be set up”, emphasized St. Kasselakis.
Regarding the future developments for the Center-Left, he said that “abstention emerged as the largest party in the European elections” and that any form that exists in the progressive space must convince that it will change “the course of history” and that what is missing from SYRIZA is the “credibility for governability”.
Regarding the issue of the referral of Christos Spirtzis to the Ethics Committee, he refused to comment and referred to the competent bodies. On the subject of the swimming pool, he spoke of “distortion” by the newspaper, since, as he said, “it is 1.20m deep and was built in a former tank” and commented that it “says a lot” that “illegal material” was used. “Does anyone believe that 36-year-old Stefanos Kasselakis is the cause of the country’s woes?”, he asked, leaving tips for attempts to “disorient” public opinion.
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