Earlier in the morning, Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed the assembled citizens in Argyroupoli, Rethymnon, where he is touring, and spoke about the first SYRIZA campaign videos.

“I was very impressed that yesterday SYRIZA decided to start the pre-election period with a “gray” spot, with a “black” spot, which is reminiscent of a very difficult moment that we all experienced as an internal trauma,” the Prime Minister said. and added: “But also with some of the statements of his leader, where is more or less what he told us? Let’s beware, he says, of fake news, let’s beware, he says, of fake opinion polls, defections, I don’t know what else.

As Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted, “Mr Tsipras is now laying the carpet for his electoral defeat. This is what I understood from what he said. He is looking for excuses for what will happen at the polling stations on May 21,” the prime minister said.

We will not follow SYRIZA in a gray campaign. Mr. Varoufakis talks about other payment systems, about the Dimitra system.

“We have no desire to follow him into the gray campaign. Let us remind the townspeople of the four years of Tsipras. But let’s do it decently and with real data.

We will remember what happened in the first half of 2015, not because we want to go back to those times, but because what Mr. Tsipras refers to as a “government of misfits” – mind you – involves partnership and with PASOK and MeRA25.

And it’s the same MeRA25 that tells us “it doesn’t matter if the banks close” and now she’s discovering, as she says, various other payment processors that she calls “Dimitra”, I also read them today. So instead of euros, we will be paid with Dimitres, I don’t know how they imagine it.

But this, in their view, is the “government of losers”, the so-called “progressive government”. Therefore, citizens should know very well why they vote and what the consequences of their vote will be,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed.

The only substantive and real proposal in the field of governance is the New Democracy proposal.

“That is why I declare here, from my seat in Crete, that the only substantive and the only real proposal for governance that is being offered to citizens today is the New Democracy proposal.

We have a program, we have a clear proposal for governing the country, we insist on self-reliance not out of complacency, but because we consider self-reliance today as a condition for the stability of the country, a condition for us to be able to make decisions quickly and face crises .

Think for a moment what would happen if we had a coalition government on, say, Evros and we had to consult with other co-leaders about whether to react quickly or effectively. This is the last thing we need today,” the Prime Minister continued.

The decisive vote will take place on May 21, it will send a clear signal who should govern

“In conclusion, let me tell you that the decisive election, the only election I have my focus on right now, is the May 21st ballot box. Will there be a government after May 21st? We do not know. Difficult because of a simple analogue.

However, the May 21st ballot box will send a clear signal as to who should run the country for the next four years. And the one who should govern the country, the New Democracy, the faction that should govern the country for the next four years, is the New Democracy,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis: “I have always believed that Crete is a ‘treasure’ in the primary sector”

Earlier, the Prime Minister visited Creta Carob, which specializes in the production of carob products using Greek raw materials. Kyriakos Mitsotakis was informed of the large and growing demand for Cretan carob in foreign markets, primarily in Europe and Asia, and during a tour of the company’s store, he noted the importance of using the quality food products offered by the Greek raw material sector in the context of further promoting the Greek brand.

“I have always believed that Crete is a ‘treasure’ in the primary sector, and not only for obvious products such as oil, which we have always been the protagonists, but also for our honey, which is now recovering very dynamically, and of course, for carob. This is, I think, a prime example of an initiative in the primary sector, where we take a product that had almost no value and turn it into a product that we can standardize, export, give more added value to our producers and, at the same time, we also connected with our tourism, with the Cretan cuisine, with the Cretan diet,” the Prime Minister said.

“And as the trend will now be more and more towards health food products and there will be a global search for such products, I think that this business can only grow and I am sure that it will also find many imitators,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis added. .

Source: RES-IPE