After the official announcement of the elections and the inauguration of Acting Minister Kalliopi Spanu in the Ministry of the Interior, the party headquarters finally “warm up” their “motors” on the eve of the May 21 elections. Now the agenda of the parties is focused on the preparation of state elections, as well as on the issue of television confrontation between political leaders.

“Ping-Pong” Tsapanidou-Schertsov

A day after the Mitsotakis-Sakellaropoulou meeting and the posting of the presidential decree on the dissolution of parliament at the eastern entrance to the parliament building, a press representative SYRIZA-PSPopi Tsapanidou returned an oft-stated request from the main opposition party regarding The Tsipras-Mitsotakis match was televisedbut of all political leaders. According to Ms. Tsapanidou, today SYRIZA intends to submit three requests to the Inter-Party Committee:

“Firstly, to hold two television fights on a national scale. One with all political leaders, and another between the outgoing prime minister and the leader of the official opposition. Secondly, to observe strictly equal coverage of the parties’ positions in all media. Thirdly, polling companies should serve their work transparently, henceforth posting primary and non-quantifiable data from their surveys,” the representative of SYRIZA characteristically said in her statement.

After the statements of Popis Tsapanidou, the new representative of the government was not long in coming, Akis Skertsov while he points out that “SYRIZA does not surprise us. On the contrary, it is quite predictable.”

“It depends on SEDEA whether it responds to this highly unscientific and politically unacceptable attack on election campaigns,” added a government spokesman in a response to a polling question raised by the official opposition party.

According to Mr. Schertzos, “challenging opinion polls is in the SOS of every political populist’s lizard, especially when he loses,” and as for the topic of the debate, the government spokesman conveyed the final decisions to a cross-party meeting to be made by the country today.

“We expected a clear answer to the debate, and we did not receive itcommented a SYRIZA spokeswoman after Skertsov’s statement, with Ms Tsapanidou claiming that the government “seems to be looking for an excuse to hide Mr. Mitsotakis again.”

Statement by Mitsotakis on the debate and response to Tsipras

“Available for debate at any time,” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis a few days ago during his tour of Thessaloniki. However, in his statement, the prime minister specifically mentioned the participation of “all political leaders” so that, in his words, “citizens are fully informed about the positions of the parties.”

Replying in particular to Alexis Tsipras, the Prime Minister then emphasized that “we have held more than 80 debates in Parliament. Moreover, parliament is the place where we cross, I would say, our arguments and our political swords.” It is noted that the president of the official opposition has repeatedly “thrown the gauntlet” to the prime minister for participating in the “television fight” before the elections.

Until the final decisions are made by the inter-party commission, the leaders of the parties continue their election campaign. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will speak today at 19:00 at the meeting of the New Democracy in Egaleo, in the Stavros Venetis Indoor Gym. For my part, the President of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras, will speak today at a public meeting in Kos, at Kazoulis Square, at 19:30. While the president of the PASOK-Change movement Nikos Androulakistoday there will be a speech in Agrinio (Cinema Anesis, Char. Trikoupi 33), at 19.30.