The heavy door of one of the elevators in her mansion parliament it opened on the first floor, and from the inside came out with two of his associates – previously known for his strict style – Dimitris Koutsoubas.

It was one of those days of turbulent memorable years, in the first period of his parliamentary presence, when he was elected as Cand. K.E. from KKE in 2013, but the MP, as party leader, first entered parliament in 2015.

This would have been an ordinary parliamentary event, if not for the extremely cheerful speech of one of the leaders of the red deputy group and his own reaction:

“Comrade Mitso,” he exclaimed, barely seeing him, “come, I will introduce you to someone.” Upon hearing this address, the sternness completely vanished from Mr. Kutsumba’s face, replaced by a wide smile and an “explosion” of familiarity and comfort.

This first surprise was followed by many others related to the presence of Mr. Kutsumba in his leadership. communist party and they reach our days, modernizing, as is usually noted, through the image of Perissa left by him in public.

“My Companions”

Recently, in one of his pre-election television (Mega) interviews, when asked how he prefers to be addressed, he answered “Dmitris”. His publicist said that when he asked his colleagues about it, they told her “Mitso”.

— Metso, okay. My friends, my comrades call me that, Mitso,” he said with the same smile as the incident in the parliament many years ago.

In fact, this interview was given not in a TV studio or in his office, but in the calm atmosphere of the courtyard of the KKE headquarters in Perissos, against the backdrop of a large bust of Lenin.

Of course, the most alternative moment from the point of view of the interview was undoubtedly the presence of Mr. Koutsoubas in a non-political show, on “Kalitera mende meda” (“Alpha”), comfortably talking about his “personal” as well.

With the same ease, from the plenary hall, he uttered phrases like “you are the ones” that were distributed on social networks, or, commenting on the positions of other political leaders, uttered a “psychedelic” – as he himself described it – poem. : “Arabads and mats / radishes and salads / a slipper in bed / the suffering that love has / beautiful, like Livadia / without any reason.”