The amendment made by the government for the bloc in the “Party of Cassidiari” in the 2023 elections was recently accepted by New Democracy and PASOK.

Specifically, votingpresent,” said SYRIZAwhile KKE, MeRA25 and Hellenic Solution voted against.

The “real” SYRIZA and the response to Voridis and Oikonom

This was preceded by a speech by the President of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, who blamed the government, noting that “It is not the potential presence that worries you, but your petty party calculations. You think that by blocking and at the same time turning to the far right, you will win the sympathy of the voters who are so inclined.”

“The amendment, instead of leading to the intended result, can strengthen them. This is a constitutionally problematic amendment. What is stopping you from becoming more clear? By insisting, you open the way for a panel of judges to decide which combination serves and which does not serve the free functioning of the state. A window has been left for someone to argue that it is not only about neo-Nazis, taking the dangerous theory of two extremes out of the window, ”said, in particular, Alexis Tsipras.

With the Minister of the Interior, Maki Voridis to respond to SYRIZA’s proposal, emphasizing that “if we leave revealing the political and ideological motives of the party, then the back door will open for the future legislator and for other parties. So you open up the risk you say.”

From the side of Megaros Maximos about Yannis Oikonomou he previously stated: “Mr. Tsipras is constantly absent from major tasks. At the present time, when institutional and historical responsibility imposes a cutting edge on the radical treatment of criminal organizations that act as parties, it continues to hide behind pretexts, anecdotal statements and double-edged swords to justify what was once again an exception.

But those who did not find a place to judge the Golden Dawn, who hinted that “there are no desired and unsolicited votes in Parliament” to change the electoral law, who literally apply the textbook of Trumpism to cause parliamentary and general political arrhythmias, they also cannot represent the laureates. The New Democracy that courageously exposed and brought to justice the Golden Dawn and has been practically fighting, since its inception, with all manifestations of the far right, and they cannot think that they will leave without taking a clear position, again operating by cunning. Everyone’s responsibility is measured by their actions, so History reserves contempt and criticism for those who are absent.”

“Yes” from PASOK

“Yes” to the amendment made by the majority in the government for “bloc” in the participation of the party of Ilias Kasidiaris in the elections of 2023PASOK voted and Nikos Androulakis explained the reasons in his statement.

Statement by Nikos Androulakis:

PASOK has been at the forefront of national reconciliation since its founding, as well as the fight against the apologists of Hitlerism.

In 2013, when our Movement organized a communication campaign to demonstrate that the Golden Dawn is a criminal organization, and at the same time spoke about the need to protect a democratic state from the phenomenon of neo-Nazism, other political forces “blurred” the organization in question. Either leave open the possibility of cooperating with the “serious Golden Dawn” as the typical New Democracy officials used to say, or adopt in parliament the unacceptable doctrine on behalf of the SYRIZA officials that “there are no wanted and unwelcome votes”, solely in order to, together with Chrysaugites to promote the bills they like.

It was after my personal letter in October 2020 to the late President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, that the doors of the European Parliament were permanently closed to convicted MEP Yannis Lagos, despite the delay shown by the then government.

However, unfortunately, over the years, some have changed their minds, looking at the polls, calculating, above all, the political cost. True to the logic of “the end justifies the means.” This is evidenced by the fact that we managed to pass the law at the last minute, just before the elections.

Today, PASOK – The Movement for Change continues, true to its tradition, to be at the forefront of the fight to defend democracy and its institutions.

That’s why we submitted comments that led to an improvement in an amendment that, since it first saw the light of day, created significant problems.

Following the positive opinion of the Scientific Service of the Parliament on its constitutionality, we consistently and with a sense of responsibility support an amendment that protects the Republic from this criminal organization that has committed murders and carried out a series of pogroms against citizens and immigrants.