Al. Tsipras: Mr. Mitsotakis is unable to understand society

The president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, launches a harsh and all-out attack on the government and the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

In today’s interview with “Documento”, after stating that “there is chaos between reality and how the prime minister understands it”, he adds: “The country and Greek society are experiencing a dystopia. We are breaking one after another, all the negative records. In the pandemic with over 30,000 dead, we are in first place in Europe. The price of electricity is the highest in Europe. The prices of petrol and essentials also give us the European medal for punctuality. So much for the government, but as well as “update 108” it is like living in another country, located in the constellation of multiple success stories.

Households are not making ends meet

The president of SYRIZA-PS refers to accuracy by saying: “Accuracy is the big problem these days, which concerns millions of households. It’s not a matter of percentages, image, propaganda. They can’t make the month, that’s the issue. They cut not only from entertainment and “necessities” but also from necessities and yet the money runs out in the third week. You’ve seen the skyrocketing prices announced recently. How will businesses and households cope? The power has crippled not incomes, but lives. ..”.

As for the government’s argument that the problem is due to exogenous factors, he says: “First of all, precision showed its teeth in Greece before the war broke out in Ukraine. But obviously the inflationary crisis has global characteristics. Nobody overlooks it. But the energy inflation in the EU from May ’21 to May ’22 was recorded at 39% and in Greece at 62%. Well, that extra 23% that gives us the negative lead is the Mitsotakis precision, which comes to be added to objective price increase at the international level. And its twin sister, the windfall, is also a Mitsotakis windfall. Look at the energy producers’ windfall. From July ’21 to June ’22 it’s 2.2 billion. Cheers of clowns…”

“Mr. Mitsotakis acts like the long arm of profiteering”

He then lays the blame on the prime minister: “Mr. Mitsotakis ultimately functions as the long arm of profiteering in society. He stubbornly refuses to put a ceiling on prices, when the French PPC has been nationalized in France. He refuses, under various pretexts, to elementary tax the surplus profits, although he was forced in the Parliament, under our own pressure, to promise it. And so we see that Greece is the champion in electricity and gasoline prices at the same time as it is in the last places in Europe in terms of wages. Households and businesses pay in two words Mr. Mitsotakis’ obsession with serving the cartels at the expense of society”.

Discounting information and democracy

However, he assigns huge responsibility “to the government and the prime minister for the reduction of information, the soul of democracy, to party propaganda, but also personal”. He cites the Reporters Without Borders report that ranks Greece in 108th place and adds: “The ESR’s figures are typical of the promotion of parties by national channels, which refer to authoritarian regimes. The concealment of facts that do not serve the government’s narrative , their distortion as well as the distortion of the opposition’s positions, the “line” from Maximos on all major and minor issues, the inscrutable murder of Karaivaz by a government elected under the slogan “law and order”, the surveillance of journalists, the lists of the shame for the unqualified state funding, the humiliation of the public television with the SOS messages so as not to upload photos of Mr. Mitsotakis with Lignadis, and of course the prosecutions of journalists, such as K. Vaxevani and G. Papadakou, reveal a bleak field in information”.

PPC under public control

As for what SYRIZA would do to deal with energy poverty and accuracy, he says: “I will tell you first of all what we would not do. We would not close the lignites one by one to please the investment of some at the expense of energy security. We would not hand over PPC to speculation, when the crisis was already knocking on the country’s door… And of course we would impose a ceiling on energy prices, we would immediately put PPC under public control, and don’t ask me how. As it should and as is possible. Even if we had to nationalize, we would. Macron did it here. PPC can and should be run on a public utility basis. We would also impose strict price controls on all basic necessities and reduce Excise Duty on fuel and VAT on basic food items. And finally, we would tax the real super profits. We would not be playing a theater. And even a shadow theater with the prime minister as the protagonist.”

National Wildfire Plan

Mr Tsipras reiterated that the fires are a “national tragedy” and added: “If we all agree, and I think we do, that the recurring fire tragedy is a national tragedy, then we will also agree that it cannot be treated in terms of self-admiration, of division, and communication… It is not enough to denounce every time the inadequacies of the state apparatus and the major problems of coordination, which were revealed in the last catastrophic fires. , and we must deal with it in terms of national seriousness and duration”.

Mr. Mitsotakis’ lack of empathy

But he focuses on the prime minister, accusing him of a lack of empathy and “explains”: “When we talk about empathy, we are talking about the emotional identification with the mental state of others, the understanding of their motivations and attitude. Mr. Mitsotakis distinguished himself throughout his administration by serious lack of this political and human characteristic. He does not understand reality, he is not able not to identify, but also to understand society and its needs, to feel the feelings of ordinary people. With the pandemic, he went for carefree walks on Mount Parnitha and he was having fun in Ikaria, breaking the self-imposed quarantine. At the same time, he was chasing young people with great ferocity with the Police, because they were allegedly spreading the virus. Now, in fact, he presents an image that everything is going well and Greece is living moments of happiness”.

Continuing the personal attack, he also refers to the “agricultural subsidies received by the prime minister”: “When the prime minister of the country, a rich politician indeed as his connections show, asks for and receives agricultural subsidies of a few thousand euros, why does he do it? He misses these money? No. It’s just that the person who deals from morning to night with image and communication, cannot understand that this is a very bad signal to society for him. He cannot understand the feelings caused by his attitude”.

We must be vigilant in national matters

Regarding foreign policy and national issues, he says: “I believe that we should be concerned, or rather be vigilant. Be ready to defend the integrity of the country and its international position. But with calmness and without impulsive movements. This requires a single-mindedness in basically, on the red lines that we have defined. Party disputes and disputes do not fit there. On the other hand, however, we should also be concerned about the IX foreign policy pursued by Mr. Mitsotakis… We need another foreign policy, which will have a firm agenda stability and peace.And it will combine the most decisive attitude towards the Turkish provocations with the most systematic effort to open avenues of dialogue with Turkey.

Ukrainian: pursuit of peace

For the Ukrainian after stating that Europe is shooting itself in the foot, he adds: “I believe that the pursuit of peace must return to the top of the European agenda. Otherwise no one feels safe anymore about where this global showdown can lead, given that and Russia possesses great capabilities, endurance, and important alliances. A modern version of peaceful coexistence is, I believe, more necessary than ever.”

We are ready for elections

Regarding his request for early elections, he says: “If we are serious, the one who has been playing with the elections for months is Mr. Mitsotakis. He created an electoral climate, nominated candidates, gave leaks even about the date and then backtracked. But as the always, and the elections, he manages them in terms of a profit-making fund, no one knows when he will judge that it is in his interest to set up polling stations. Therefore, we are ready. From here on, what matters to us and I believe to the majority of our people is let this government go. Every day that passes Mr. Mitsotakis is piling up disasters in the country, spreading a climate of decay and corruption in society, eroding the rule of law, tearing apart the suffering social cohesion. Let them go before it’s too late, that’s our position . And to undertake the reconstruction of the country by a progressive government with the goal and vision of social justice and democratic rebirth. With transparency, honesty, and commitment to people and the truth”.

The rule of law has suffered in recent years

On the occasion of the attempt to monitor the president of PASOK-KINAL, he states: “The Rule of Law has been suffering in the country for the last three years. associates a sense of unchecked omnipotence. They are doing things that no other government has attempted to do, at least not without significant political cost.”

Indicatively, he states: “In what other country would there be confirmed complaints about the monitoring of the phones of journalists and political leaders by illegal software and there would not be a political earthquake? This only happens in the Greece of Mr. Mitsotakis, who ordered a staff state and ultimately created a state of small arms and loot . Private and partisan. This regime dystopia, however, must end. And in order for it to end, in addition to the popular verdict, the common stance of all the democratic parties of the opposition, but also of every democratically minded citizen, obviously also within the conservative because it is not a matter of party confrontation. It is a matter of Democracy”.

Source: AMPE