“Mr. Schertzos confirmed today what we predicted yesterday. What Mr. Mitsotakis once again puts at the heart of the television confrontation with Alexis Tsipras,” commented a spokesman for SYRIZA. Popis Tsapanidouafter the political editors were briefed by the new government representative.

“Obviously, Mr. Mitsotakis, who constantly says that the dilemma of the elections is that “Mitsotakis or Tsipras“, he fears comparison with Alexis Tsipras. However, the townspeople have already drawn their conclusions.

Finally, internationally, the country has repeatedly suffered from illegal government surveillance and the collapse of the rule of law. This is not evidenced by SYRIZA – the Progressive Alliance, but by dozens of publications and front pages of the international press. If Mr. Skertsos is proud of them, that is his right, but the vast majority of Greeks are ashamed,” Ms. Tsapanidou continues and concludes:

“As for the claims that SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is a “national, democratic and moral exception”, they refer to the representative of “Trump”, and not to the modern European democratic government.

Schertzos: “Debate with leaders of all parties” – SYRIZA’s response to polls

“Our goal, as the prime minister has repeatedly said, is comparison, not conflict. Conducting a civilized pre-election dialogue, without toxicity,” Akis Skertsos, Minister of State and new government spokesman, said earlier.

Regarding the debate, Mr. Schertzos replied as follows: “There will be a telephone fight between the leaders of the parties. We want debates with parties represented in parliament. Let SYRIZA explain to us the inconsistency of her position that although she is in favor of cooperation between governments, she wants a debate between the two leaders. All opinions of all official opposition parties should be heard at the same table so that contradictions over program inconsistencies are visible, which are huge,” he noted and confirmed the government’s position in the subsequent relevant question.

“Our position is that there should be debates in which the parties represented in the parliament will take part,” he specified.

Referring to SYRIZA’s complaints about the polls, he referred to SEDEA, stating that it is reasonable when the validity of the polls is called into question for the competent body representing the companies to take a stand on the matter.

“It is very surprising that SYRIZA is demanding the release of unstable data, because it is even worse,” said Mr. Schertzos.