The removal of Panagiotis Kouroumblis from the parliamentary group of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance was decided by the president of the party Alexis Tsipras after his reports about “people who were killed” from the floor of the parliament.
A relevant letter of Mr. Tsipras to the Speaker of the Parliament was read in the context of the discussion of the 2022 budget, by the Vice President of the House, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos.
“The prime minister should have resigned after this revelation. You will not go through it like this, in this environment people were killed, you understand and you realize what has happened in the country”, Mr. Kouroublis had characteristically stated for the ICU.
The incident caused a stir, and the angry reactions of the ruling party. The dialogue recorded is indicative of the intensity caused.
Following the incident, and the angry reactions of the ruling party, the president of SYRIZA called from Brussels the secretary of the Parliamentary Group of the official opposition, Olga Gerovasilis, wanting to convey an ultimatum to the former party MP. It will be reconstructed, or deleted from the SYRIZA-PS Central Committee.
Mr. Kouroublis told Ms. Gerovasili that he was not going to recall, that he was emotionally charged that he had lost a friend and did not want to recall because he believed what he said. It is noted that this is the first deletion from SYRIZA.
It is noted that the Kouroubli case overshadowed the Tsiodra-Lytra report on ICUs. In order not to have him “on his back” in Saturday’s debate on the budget in the national delegation, Alexis Tsipras deleted him immediately.
The dialogue recorded is indicative of the intensity caused:
Kouroublis (SYRIZA): Selective choice offensive to the Greek people. So we are waiting for the Prime Minister to come, who should have really resigned after this revelation. Because you will apologize. You will not go through it like that. Because people were killed in this environment. “Do you realize that?” He said characteristically.
Members of Parliament SW: Shame! Shame!
Kouroublis: This is a shame to you. You have the audacity to speak. At least you are silent. Disgrace! You killed people, you did that. Thousands of people were killed. This is the reality.
Avdelas: Please recall
Kouroublis: I do not recall anything…
Markopoulos (SW): You are a provocateur. Is it possible to call us murderers?
Kouroublis: You are accountable for what is happening and at least acknowledge the mistake. People died do you understand this thing? People died unjustly.
Taking the floor immediately, the ND MP, George Koumoutsakos spoke of misery and extreme populism and called on SYRIZA to separate its position. However, the parliamentary representative of SYRIZA, Panos Skourletis, also distanced himself from Mr. Kouroublis, talking about inappropriate and misunderstood expressions.
Plenary reprimanded against P. Kouroublis, for anti-parliamentary behavior
A rebuke for anti-parliamentary behavior was attributed, after a proposal by the Speaker of the Parliament K. Tassoula, to the SYRIZA MP P. Kouroumblis for the phrase he addressed to the government deputies, “you killed people”. The decision of the Plenary Session of the Parliament implies the reduction of one quarter of his monthly compensation.
“Having a colleague who, addressing the majority, says that you have killed thousands of people, and that ‘I insist and I do not recall’, ‘is the most vulgar, disgusting, and undermining of Parliament’s prestige and can be said here,'” he said. -a applauded- the Speaker of Parliament and continued: “In fact, it should not be deleted from the minutes, it should remain as a bad example of a behavior that we unanimously condemn.”
“We can not ignite the social automation of hatred against political representatives. “I address the body and stigmatize Mr. Kouroublis with a rebuke of anti-parliamentary behavior for what he disgustingly said”, stressed Mr. Tassoulas.
In his intervention, the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman, Mr. Giannis Oikonomou, said that there is an issue for SYRIZA and its leader, Al. Tsipras, who must disapprove of his MP. He must be led to come to the hall to recall, otherwise he will be removed from his parliamentary group, said Mr. Economou. Otherwise, he added, he tolerates (Mr. Tsipras) and directs such unacceptable behaviors.
The parliamentary representative of SYRIZA, Nikos Filis said that the situation of the pandemic is difficult and that “with an exchange of insults” there is no solution. We are not covered by what Mr. Kouroublis said, in his rage and anger, as (as Mr. Kouroublis said) he has lost his friends, Mr. Filis underlined. In the previous period, ND MPs called me a traitor for my stance on the Prespa agreement, while the former Minister of Citizen Protection had said that SYRIZA burned 100 people in Mati. Democracy is not proceeding like this, with “one of you and one of me” stressed Mr. Filis.
In his intervention, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Giannis Oikonomou, said that there is an issue for SYRIZA and its leader, Al. Tsipras, who must disapprove of his MP. He must be led to come to the hall to recall, otherwise he will be removed from his parliamentary group, said Mr. Economou. Otherwise, he added, he tolerates (Mr. Tsipras) and directs such unacceptable behaviors.
The parliamentary representative of SYRIZA, Nikos Filis said that the situation of the pandemic is difficult and that “with an exchange of insults” there is no solution. We are not covered by what Mr. Kouroublis said, in his rage and anger, as (as Mr. Kouroublis said) he has lost his friends, Mr. Filis underlined. In the previous period, ND MPs called me a traitor for my stance on the Prespa agreement, while the former Minister of Citizen Protection had said that SYRIZA burned 100 people in Mati. Democracy is not proceeding like this, with “one of you and one of me” stressed Mr. Filis.
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