“Unbelievable and yet true. This government intended to send the country into a tailspin in terms of respect for institutions and human rights. This time with a position unacceptable to the public – a statement by the Vice Speaker of Parliament, Charalambou Athanasiou, reviving the theory of the “internal enemy” in the person of the Greek Muslim deputies,” K.O. PASOK-Movement for Change.

“This statement plunges the country into intolerance and creates a serious split at the national level, as it shows the MP from the minority as potentially capable and in any case suspected of committing acts of extreme treason and national humiliation, therefore reasonably controlled by the security services. “emphasized in a statement emphasizing the conclusion:

“Words are superfluous. Our country’s political system and Parliament must protect the constitutional freedoms of citizens, human rights and the constitutional right to freedom of religion. We ask for the immediate intervention of the Speaker of Parliament, direct condemnation of the unacceptable, divisive statement of Mr. Athanasios and its transmission to the competent bodies of Parliament and Ethics Committee.

Ilhan Ahmed: I condemn the statement of X. Athanasios

Rhodope MP Ilhan Ahmed made the following statement after Parliament Vice Speaker Charalambos Athanassios made the following statement on the Parliament channel “about the possibility of monitoring Muslim MPs”:

“I unequivocally condemn the public position-speech of the vice-president of the parliament, Charalambos Athanassios, reviving the theory of an internal enemy in the face of heterodox and Muslim deputies. This statement, in addition to the spirit of intolerance affecting public morality, makes the minority deputy suspect of acts of national humiliation and therefore worthy of observation.

The political system of our country and the parliament should protect the constitutional freedoms of citizens, and not divide the deputies themselves according to their religious beliefs. After the case of the president of our Movement, Nikos Androulakis, we are faced with a new institutional failure.”