“We will erect a fence against injustice. This is our commitment,” said Alexis Tsipras.s, speaking at a gathering of citizens and leaders in the central cafe on St. Paraskeva Square. The President of SYRIZA PS noted that “the fact that SYRIZA became the first party in the elections on May 21 means that the very next day after the elections we will have a government of progressive cooperation.” He emphasized that “a government of progressive cooperation with SYRIZA as its core will bring justice to society”, stressing that this means four things: higher wages, lower prices, debt management and a strong, fair, efficient state.”

Mr Tsipras accused Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the ministers of “indulging a crescendo of toxicity and division” because they “want to avoid discussing the underlying issues facing the vast majority of Greek society.”

In particular, the President of SYRIZA, commenting on his “warm reception” from those present, argued that “their enthusiasm and determination show that we can be 50 days away from the decisive ballot box, but the ratio has already been determined, determination shows you who he will defeat May 21st”. Mr. Tsipras said that “wherever you are in the country, you face anger, resentment, but we must turn this into a political message of change, because we do not deserve the Greece that we have been living in for 4 years.” years already.” He emphasized that change and justice is not a political slogan, but a social demand, noting that “what we call political change should not be a change of power, but a change in our lives and our daily lives to bring back hope and expectation.” world, that we can live better, that we can have a state that takes care of the citizen, and is not hostile to him.

Mr. Tsipras noted that “with the start of the pre-election period, Mr. Mitsotakis and his ministers have indulged in a crescendo of toxicity and division, they want to avoid discussing the main problems facing the vast majority of society. They don’t want us to talk about their economic policies and their public administration choices that brought us here, they want us to talk about the problems they invent when they’re not on the agenda.” “Toxicity, controversy and the false problems they invent,” he commented. He said in part that “the latest thing they invented was a vote in a committee of the European Parliament on what policy the EU should have on immigration.” He noted that “an overwhelming majority of all political groups – even half of the EPP – voted in favor of the view that the policy they should be pursuing is resettlement funding” and not what the far right wants, as he said. “That is, to finance a policy so that there are legal passages and that immigrants and refugees do not leave only for countries of first admission,” he said.

He accused Mr Mitsotakis of “creating the image that this vote was about whether we want the country to be an immature vine.” He called him a “hypocrite” and “twice a hypocrite” because “in this vote, what did his MEPs actually do? They stayed out of the process. If the vote was so decisive, why did they abstain from the process?”

“Well done, Mr. Mitsotakis, let’s finance the Euros fence together, no objections,” he commented, continuing to emphasize: “But who will finance borrowers who have received floating interest from banks and do not have to pay today, who will finance pensioners, who will finance households that lose their homes from funds, who will finance SMEs that cannot get loans?”. He noted that these are big problems facing society, as well as “the fact that a large part of it has become impoverished, that the notorious middle class is forced to live on coupons.”

Alexis Tsipras emphasized that “behind the notorious fence in Evros, we will erect many fences, we will put a fence in front of dirty self-interest, we will put a fence in front of bank arbitrariness, we will put a fence in front of funds that take people’s funds.” houses, we will put a fence in the excess profits of energy companies. We will erect a fence against injustice, this is our obligation.”

Continuing, Mr. Tsipras argued that what has happened over the past four years, and especially over the past two years associated with the energy crisis, represents a huge redistribution of wealth. He said that, according to official data from Eurostat and other international organizations, in our country, over the past year and a half, persons with an income of up to 750 euros have lost up to 40% of their purchasing power and that “at the same time, 15 large companies listed on the stock exchange , broke all records of profitability over the past 20 years. a billion each.” In other words, he explained that “at a time when the average household is struggling to pay its bills, only 15 large companies have a combined profit of $15 billion.” In the same context, he said that “some gain what many lose”, while adding that a great redistribution is being carried out by maintaining a consistently high VAT and VAT in the face of an excessive inflationary crisis. He said that in a number of European countries they have decreased, but “in Greece, the Mitsotakis government has managed to have more than 4 billion annually in at least 22 government VAT revenues. He allocates this money in the form of targeted subsidies to keep the prices of electricity sold by energy companies high, as well as the high prices of gasoline and supermarkets. He claimed that “this is Mitsotakis’ plan”. “So is the plan through privatization,” he said, referring to PPC and Health.

Mr. Tsipras argued that the second part of the great redistribution of wealth is completed in the case of the new Bankruptcy Law, “that is, by removing all protection of the first place of residence and transferring red loans to funds and collection companies. . “He will tell us that he may not have known exactly what he was doing, but he had Mr. Patsis knocked out doing exactly that job,” he said, adding that his son was also the coordinator for Ineffective business.” Thematic section “Credits” in the RD. “ND has become the party AE, which owes banks 400 million in loans and outstanding,” he commented.

Mr. Tsipras emphasized that “this injustice cannot continue, society cannot continue like this”, “the policy of direct concessions and closed bidding, the policy of shrinking the welfare state cannot continue”. “It is impossible for the country to continue to lag behind other European countries in terms of the rule of law and rights, to be the 108th in the world in terms of information and a country that does not observe any secrecy of messages that Sam M.Maximou, the nephew of the Prime Minister, along with the Prime Minister the minister is watching half the cabinet, party leaders, the leadership of the armed forces, journalists, businessmen.”

He commented that when SYRIZA says that on May 21 “we want to be a normal European country again”, we are not trolling, we are telling the truth, we were told “we are staying in Europe” and we have taken the country many miles away from European standards” .

Mr. Tsipras assessed that “it will be a decisive battle on May 21 because our political opponents will use all means, but we are very optimistic because we see that citizens have begun to realize and compare, and in this comparison they know that even if we make mistakes, we have something undeniable, honesty and experience.” Summarizing in one sentence what he said would happen if SYRIZA came first in the May 21 elections, he stressed: “The first party of SYRIZA in the May 21 elections means that we will have a progressive cooperation government the day after the elections. elections”. Adding that arrogant and arrogant governments have pushed us into bankruptcy, he noted that “the government of progressive cooperation with SYRIZA will fundamentally bring justice to society”, emphasizing that this means four things: higher wages, lower prices, regulation of debts and a strong, a just, efficient state.”

Commenting on the position of “some” that “we will get into adventures if we have cooperative governments,” Mr Tsipras said that “the answer is that as the days go by, Mr Mitsotakis understands that no matter what happens the day after the 21st, let him not be the tenant of M. Maximos, so he turns into a destabilizing factor, because he invites double, triple, quadruple elections until he comes out first. He stressed that the people have the experience to see their future and, addressing all citizens, said that “whether left, right or center, no one can tolerate injustice.”

Earlier, during his mini-tour in Agia Paraskevi Square, the President of SYRIZA PS had the opportunity to talk and take pictures with citizens, and after finishing his speech, he talked to the youth and others in the cafe. In a Twitter post following his visit to Agia Paraskevi, the President of SYRIZA PS commented that “a visit to a cafe in Agia Paraskevi turned into an outbreak of democracy”, quoting a related video from the visit.

Source: RES-IPE