New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the opposition of “instrumentalizing health issues” during his speech at an election rally in Koufalia, Thessaloniki, over the problem created by the announcement of Spyros Pneumatikos, who was excluded from the election battle.

“Let me say a few words about this because you know this has become a big issue in terms of cancer treatment and I want to reiterate from here that our government has ensured that every patient has access to the best possible treatment that is his doctor will prescribe, regardless of the cost, and this policy will continue for all cancer patients,” he said and added:

“And it’s very sad that those who us they pointed the finger at the inappropriate statement of the New Democracy MP, now to show that their own leaders were saying exactly the same thing and didn’t have the courage to at least admit it. Two measures and two norms in these are also, unfortunately, from the opposition, but health problems are too serious to be exploited.

We can guarantee that here in the wider area of ​​Thessaloniki, a modern anti-cancer hospital will finally appear to replace “Theagenio” so that you can access the best quality of treatment for him. a disease that more or less afflicted every Greek household.”

During his speech to the citizens on Kilkis pedestrian street, he touched upon the issue of immigrants/refugees.

“I remember the visit I made here in your area in 2017 – it must have been a time when tragic situations prevailed here, a little higher in Idomeni. You remember them too. What is the current situation with refugees here? Much, much better. I promised that we would solve this problem, and we did. For all the local communities that have welcomed refugees and immigrants, but above all friends, for our islands, for our citizens and our fellow citizens who are in Evros,” said Mr. Mitsotakis.

At the same time, he sent a message that Our country’s border protection policy will continue without discount. “The fence in Evros will be completed. Our border guards will become more and more numerous, and everyone will know that Greece is a country that has borders on land, in the air and at sea, and we are obliged to protect these borders, ”he said.

Regarding the health sector, he committed to support the NHS and EKAB and stressed:

“We will build a new NHS in defiance of those who hypocritically claim that they care about the health of the population, but since we also remember their projects and the days when they were in things, citizens know that yes, there are still problems, do not give in to any illusions. But you know if there are more doctors and more nurses in your hospital today than before.

And I want you to know that for me, the support of the National Social Security, the support of EKAB, the ability to quickly and safely make transfers – wherever one of our fellow citizens is – this is a project that I will personally take on and carry out the second four years. .

Speaking about the May 21 election, he said that “people rewarded hard work, they rewarded persistence because I kept what I told you before the 2019 election.

He encouraged political decency and said no to toxicity, division, hatred, black Greece. He voted for a brighter, more optimistic Greece, and today we have every right to reasonably hope that things will get better. Better days are ahead, but they will only come with a stable and strong New Democracy government.

The last thing a country needs today, in this complex geopolitical environment we are in, with Turkey ending its own electoral backlog and re-electing a strong President Erdogan, the last thing we need is this is an unstable government in our country“.

Mr. Mitsotakis reached out to those with patriotic or religious feelings and turned to parties on the right of the ND. and emphasized: “The Church unites, it keeps aloof from the parties. We respect the constitutional consolidation of the role of church and state. We have stood by the side of the church in very difficult matters that it has had in the last four years, but we never thought of exploiting the faith of the Greek people and we will not do it, and you should not allow anyone to do this. .

That is why I am asking you to work together to further raise our stakes. To those of our fellow citizens who have patriotic feelings – and I think we are all in this category – let’s remind them who brought the Rafali to the country, who ordered new frigates, who strengthened our Armed Forces to such an extent, that today Greece claims and exudes respect.

Who are those who made our country an indisputable factor of geopolitical stability in the Eastern Mediterranean? Who made Alexandroupolis the energy center of the entire Mediterranean? It didn’t happen, they succeeded.”

After Kilkis, the ND President visited Kufalia and addressed the assembled residents.

“Among great difficulties, we have preserved our country, we have put our economy on the path of development, we have defended and are protecting our borders, because our country has borders in the air, at sea and on land, we have strengthened our armed forces, the voice of Greece is again with confidence heard abroad,” he said, and continued, “I’m sure there are many producer farmers with us. You know better than we do whether this Government supported the primary sector, how we reduced taxes for the farmers who were next to you in the Covid crisis, who took extra money for the war for Ukraine. Who stood up for you for compensation after natural disasters. We have paid out more than 1 billion euros in damages from natural disasters. Only 500 million came from ELGA, the remaining 500 million came from the state budget.

And we were able to and gave this money precisely because everything is good in the economy. And when the economy is doing well, there is a surplus to support the society in any difficulties. Because we don’t talk about our projects, we talk to our projects.”

He mentioned his commitment to the PAOK Stadium and noted that “never in Northern Greece, and especially in the wider area of ​​Thessaloniki, such important, such large projects have been launched.”

Source: RES