Political storm for Azov battalion speaker – All in the background

By Dimitris Gatsios

Domestic policy against, in the aftermath of the speech of the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the Parliament, with consequences not only in the exchange of fire between the government and the opposition, but also within the Parliamentary Group of the New Democracy. The choice of the Ukrainian side to include in the message to Parliament the intervention of two, according to the position of Zelensky, Greek-Ukrainians, with one stating that he belongs to the Azov order, was the reason for the fire to enter the political landscape. And not only. The surprise in the government seats was pervasive at the hearing of this position, with the former Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras being heard saying, in a discussion with parliamentary editors, that “what happened was a big mistake”, capturing the… irritation that seems to have prevailed and in the … blue camp. Opposition parties, which had either given in to the lukewarm reception or were absent from the plenary session, took the opportunity to attack the government, which responded through its spokesman, saying “shame on the equals”. distances, but also the stagnation that they kept in Parliament. ” However, it is outrageous and dishonest for a section of the opposition, led by Mr. Tsipras, to use this mistake to justify the Russian invasion once again. An invasion that causes executions of civilians and humanitarian catastrophe “, Mr. Economou stated in a statement, keeping his distance from what took place.

The moments following the reference of the Greek-Ukrainian soldier to the Azov Order reflected the tension between the government and the opposition. Since the responsibility of the whole organization for the speech of the Ukrainian president belonged to the Parliament, Mr. Tassoulas was called to give explanations. According to the justification, the two videotaped messages of the fighters arrived almost ten minutes before the start of the meeting and, at the same time, it was not known that one intervention contained references to the Azov battalion.

“The big picture is that the leader of a country, which is under terrible attack at a huge humanitarian cost, has spoken in the Greek Parliament. It is a historically important event. If we want to undermine it and tarnish it and stigmatize it, we can turn it. “This unnecessary intervention was made in the big picture. It is a huge mistake to want to reduce the big picture and facilitate Russia’s propaganda”, the Speaker of the Parliament noted, according to information, in a discussion with journalists.

“The time of clear answers”

“First of all, there is the big picture. The President of Ukraine spoke in Parliament, describing what the Ukrainian people are suffering from the Russian invaders, for the heroic resistance of their people. Alexis Tsipras and his deputies “SYRIZA was present-absent, since unlike the deputies of ND and KINAL, half of those who were in the hall either did not applaud at all or applauded very warmly doing chores”, said government officials. “After Mr Zelensky’s speech, Alexis Tsipras posted a message in which he spoke of a ‘day of shame’ and blamed the prime minister without explaining why. It fed the Russian propaganda fanatics who have sided with the invader since the beginning of the Russian offensive, but it is outrageous and dishonest for a section of the opposition, led by Mr Tsipras, to use “to justify once again the Russian invasion. An invasion that causes civilian executions and humanitarian catastrophe,” the same officials said, in the wake of the political controversy.

The government, however, insists on emphasizing, apart from the incident in Plenary, that the time has come for clear answers. “If anything is a shame it is not to take a clear stand. It is a shame the equal distances and the stagnation they kept in Parliament. It is time for clear answers: It is with the Ukrainians, who are fighting for their freedom, or with its invaders. “In every phase of this invasion, by keeping equal distances and equating the perpetrators with the victims, they are essentially justifying the invader,” is the message.