D. Tzanakopoulos: The 3rd Congress of SYRIZA-PS sends a strong message of political change

“Our 3rd Congress, the most massive conference in the history of SYRIZA, sent a strong political message to the society, but also to the government, that the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is here, it is ready, it has a main goal to bring political change and a “an alternative to the catastrophic Mitsotakis government”, stressed the secretary of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.

Commenting on the repeated statements of Kyriakos Mitsotakis these days for the SYRIZA-PS conference, he underlined: “Mr. Mitsotakis, precisely because he received the message, clearly showing that he is in a political panic, proceeded to these indecencies which obviously do not touch us “. “The government is on the run, it has long been in an irreversible cycle of wear and tear, while the polls are getting worse for ND,” said Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.

Referring in particular to accuracy, he noted that “the issue is now taking on the dimensions of a humanitarian crisis, corresponding to that of the period 2010-2014”. “The cartels continue to operate undisturbed and the government continues to refuse to tax the super profits of energy companies, in order to return them to consumers,” said Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.

Regarding the minimum wage, he spoke of “wage fixation since Mr. Mitsotakis came to power”. “Greece is the only country in the eurozone where the minimum wage in 2022 is lower than in 2010,” he said, reiterating the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance’s proposal for an “immediate increase in the minimum wage to 800 euros, which will effectively address accuracy “.

“The 5 + 1 proposals of Alexis Tsipras, as expressed at the conference, set a clear, very structured program political plan to reverse this trend of impoverishment of Greek society,” said Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. “SYRIZA’s first concern, apart from the increase of the minimum wage, is the reorganization of the labor market, which has been dissolved due to the successive legislative interventions of the government and the dissolution of SEPE”, he pointed out and added: “the second issue is immediate measures to be precise, by breaking energy cartels, by suspending the energy stock market, by taxing the super profits of energy companies “. “The third issue,” he continued, “is to deal effectively with the pandemic that continues to reap, despite the fact that it has disappeared from the news, with a real strengthening of the public health system, with the reconstruction of the welfare state.” “Small and medium-sized enterprises’s debt settlement is still needed,” he said.

Regarding the case of the monitoring of the journalist Thanasis Koukakis by the EYP, he stated that “there is a huge scandal here and the government must respond”. Referring to the persecution of Costas Vaxevanis, he noted that “we have entered a very dark circle for democracy.” “A left-wing and progressive government will undertake to provide the solution so that the air of democracy blows in the country again,” he said.

Finally, speaking last night on the radio station “Alpha 9.89” and asked about the possibility of political alliances in the run-up to the elections, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos stressed: “we have set a clear program framework, beyond that the other democratic and progressive forces must be placed “. “The central dilemma is whether they want to continue the current situation with the disastrous Mitsotakis government or whether they want political change and the prospect of a progressive government,” he said, commenting on KINAL President Nikos Androulakis. “Questions are relentless, they are political and they have nothing to do with the various rhetorical schemes that can be said before the elections.”