The President of SYRIZA-PS comments on the decision of the Special Court in the case of Pappa-Kalogritz, Alexis Tsipras accusing the prime minister ofcriminalization of political confrontation“.

“Mr Mitsotakis, true to his family tradition, made sure to use his parliamentary majority to set up special courts for his political opponents,” the official opposition leader stressed in a social media post.

“But he seemed like a coward. He didn’t dare to expel me, his main political opponent, but only the ministers of my government,” he notes, emphasizing that “politicians are first of all judged by the people for their decisions.” “And if they committed criminal offenses , they should be prosecuted by their natural judge, not by the respective parliamentary majority,” he says, adding: “That was and still is my position, and that is how I acted as Prime Minister.”

“However, Mr. Mitsotakis a different kind appeared. He has not learned the lesson of our recent political adventure when his father was prime minister. And for reasons of obvious political expediency, he preferred to reopen the dangerous and slippery path for the republic. The path of criminalization of political confrontation,” continues Al. Tsipras explains:

“Let him know, however, that history usually repeats itself like a farce. And that in the end he runs the risk of falling into the hole he skillfully dug for his political opponents. The final verdict, after all, will soon be delivered by the Greek people.”

With information from APE-MPE