N. Filis – SYRIZA: ‘Mr. Mitsotakis’s liberalism’ runs from the races ”

“The participation of the Prime Minister in the meeting of the Permanent Holy Synod (PIC) is indeed” historic “. In the most negative sense of the word, of course,” said the Head of Education of SYRIZA-PS, Nikos Filis, in a statement. He notes that “it is the first time that a Greek prime minister goes to a meeting of the ecclesiastical body, and in fact accepts the exclusion of the Church from the measures to deal with the pandemic”.

Mr. Filis argues that “this is a symbolism, which reveals how both sides mean the infamous declaration of distinct roles of Church and State” and emphasizes that with this move the Prime Minister “also reveals how he himself means his” liberalism ” “. In particular, according to the competent head of SYRIZA, Mr. Mitsotakis “recognizes in the Church a role above the laws and above the public interest, that is, the protection of public health.” “He’s running ‘liberalism από’ from the races'”, he comments. He added that the prime minister “was forced, of course, to freeze, in a general outcry, the appointment of 4,000 priests that had been promised before the elections, as revealed by the Holy Clergy Association”.

The Head of Education of SYRIZA states that “the Church could play a more essential role in the expansion of vaccination. ” different”. “He had the opportunity,” he notes, “so far, he has avoided it. The work has been orphaned, on the shoulders of enlightened hierarchs and clergy, but their number is limited.”

Finally, he comments that “the signal sent by the Mitsotakis-Ieronymos meeting is in the exact opposite direction: the continuation of the exemption of the temples from the sanitary rules strongly reinforces the misconceptions”. “And this,” he concludes, “at a time when our country is breaking one sad record after another, climbing to the top of Western Europe in recent weeks in deaths per million inhabitants.”

Source: AMPE