“Three weeks separate us from the decisive vote on May 21 that will determine who will rule the country for the next four years, so that we can all take a collective and individual leap forward without leaving anyone behind,” said the state minister and government spokesman. Akis Shertsos begins informing political editors.

“Our country must not fall into a political spiral again”

“Because our country can neither go back nor remain stagnant because of that part of the political system, which, even in its infancy, cannot agree with other forces, which opposes real progress and has no proposals for the future. Our country must not again enter into any political upheaval that will again alienate it from the rest of Europe, as happened in the period 2015-2019. We stayed in Europe then thanks to the liberal faction. We have taken steps forward since 2019, despite the crises, and now we must become Europe in all sectors, with those who know what they want and what they can do.”

At this point, he referred to the “leaps that the current government guarantees”, noting that the Northern Dimension program “is characterized by one word: the desire for Greece to become better and belong to the best.” That is, as he said, jumps in the economy, in health, in the state, in the environment and in energy, as well as in a welfare state and jumps in the protection and security of our borders, with references mainly to parts of the program for the next four years, presented the other day by the Prime Minister.

“Productive, social, green and digital, fair and strong – this is our vision for Greece. This is the Greece we dream of,” said Mr. Schertzos. “For all Greek men and women. This is what the May 21 elections say. Will we leave the ghosts of the past finally behind us so that we can walk with optimism, national identity, self-confidence, but also with self-criticism where necessary, with bold corrective action for what is done wrong and needs to be changed“, he added.

“Black is worth SYRIZA only as long as it has these ideas”

He also pointed out: “against our own far-sighted and at the same time realistic, but also fully justified proposal”, he countered that “there is a reheated recipe that is both tried and failed” and referred to the SYRIZA program that was presented last. Friday. He stressed that everything we see in this and throughout the election campaign of the official opposition party refers “to the Greece of the past, as if eight years have not passed since then, as if not a single step forward has been taken since then.” then. But the black color of SYRIZA does not suit Greece. Blacks deserve SYRIZA only as long as they have these ideas,” he said characteristically.

“They tell us that if they lose, it will not be their fault, but the fault of the citizens, because they were misled by some state propaganda as being naive. They practically tell us that they themselves are never wrong. Only other people are wrong. Well, they themselves will never be corrected, since they are infallible. We are told and promised a new Thessaloniki program that is eight times more valuable than the first Thessaloniki program in 2014, which they never implemented. And of course, like this, with mathematical precision, leads to bankruptcy and memorandums. EUR 83 billion cost the GLC compared to EUR 12 billion for the corresponding program in 2015.”

He also said: “I would say that they should go and ask Magda Fissa if she wants Kasidiaris to return to Parliament through his representatives and then explain to us why they did not vote for the only provisions that can prevent a criminal organization to Parliament because and also why they have not filed a single memorandum with the Supreme Court.”

“They fish in the muddy waters of the Kasidiaris squad”

Pointing out that we are still waiting for a response from SYRIZA, he added that last night we also learned about the first publicly acknowledged programmatic rapprochement between SYRIZA and the party of Mr. Varoufakis, who said that he also does not want Kasidiari’s party to be out of parliament. It is also inconsistent with the provisions of the government. “They are fishing in the troubled waters of the Kasidiaris party without taking a responsible, honest and courageous stand on principle as to whether enemies of the Republic and criminal organizations can be in Parliament.“.

He referred to the attack of political violence against the Minister of Health and said that the ND on at least six occasions condemned the political violence that SYRIZA officials were subjected to because there are no two standards from the ND side in these matters, only from SYRIZA.

He specifically referred to the term “naturalized Greeks” and also to the fact that Mr. Tsipras was running as a candidate in Serres, when, if he had real sensitivity and sympathy, he should have run as a candidate. in Mati and in the rest of Attica. in 2019 as a sign of minimal remorse.

He emphasized that SYRIZA remains in many ways the exception to this rule, and a soft ballot vote on May 21 “could return us at full speed to an age and environment of toxicity that we all want to forget.”

Mr. Schertzos concluded his opening speech by comparing key sizes between 2019 and today.

“An attempt to restore cooperation between SYRIZA and G. Varoufakis is a frightening scenario”

“What we are seeing is a scary scenario taken from 2015. They are trying to return to the framework of voting and the system of simple proportionality the cooperation of SYRIZA with Janis Varoufakis. We are simply describing what such cooperation will mean: we will not even see investment grade, and our economy will be put into a state of bankruptcy and memos. We must not repeat the same mistake,” said Minister of State Akis Skertsos, answering questions during a briefing by political editors.

Referring to the OECD data on the Greek economy, Akis Skertsos said with a certain amount of irony that “SYRIZA has taken a great liking to the OECD lately and has made it a flag of opportunity” and continued that the government is questioning the OECD data. : “this presents methodological issues, this report was written in November 2022 and is based on estimates rather than evidence, such as the increase in disposable income that has occurred since then, the rise in inflation has been more than offset by increases in income. “

Finally, when asked about the Prime Minister’s interview with OPEN, the Minister of State stated that he was not going to enter into a discussion about the percentage of parties on election night, and stressed that the government respects the findings of the polls and the judgment of the Greek people.

Regarding the program of the Prime Minister:

– At 5:00 pm, as I mentioned above, he will discuss with the citizens the New Democracy program for public health in the Amphitheater of the Conservatory.

-Tomorrow he will make a trip to the outskirts of Piraeus and take part in the event of the region.

– On Thursday morning he will go to Kefalonia, and in the evening he will give an interview to the journalist Mara Zachareas in the main newscast “STAR”.

With information from APE-MPE