His statements Alexis Tsipras after a meeting with the President of the Republic, Akis Skertsos, a government spokesman, commented.

The President of SYRIZA did not receive an intelligence mandate to speed up the appeal procedures for the June 25 elections. “Relationships are not created to form a government,” he said in a brief conversation with Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

“Mr. Tsipras told us as he left the Presidential Palace – after refusing, as required by the Constitution, to receive an investigative mandate – that he feared for society. However, the election results show that society is afraid of him. And he rejects it,” Akis Skertsos commented in his post.

“Therefore, instead of presenting himself as the true voice of democracy and society, let him step down from his place as an arrogant ruler so that he can better hear what the citizens are saying to him. Only in this way can he finally come out with his self-criticism, which has been put in place since 2019, without insulting them anymore,” Mr. Schertzos concluded.

“The result is a painful shock”

“I didn’t save the order, I passed it on to the PJD, as there are no correlations for the government,” Alexis Tsipras said earlier near the presidential palace. “An important opportunity has been missed to change the way the country is run by a simple analogy,” he added.

“I have no reason to hide the painful shock of the unexpected election result. I fear for society – even for those who voted for the ND – that associations are being formed that, if repeated in the next elections under increased proportionality, will create suffocating conditions for democracy.