What happened behind the cameras in the much-acclaimed telefight of the six political leaders described to the Misfits Kosioni Co., who was one of the journalists who took part in the telefight on behalf of SKAI.

“It wasn’t a useless process, it wasn’t a useless debate, maybe we set the bar too low… The questions in these debates try to add juice to a process which by definition is a little nerveless as it is conducted. They tried, I think, and the captains to give some life yesterday. It was a very strong feeling that I had that they were suffocating, that they were bursting that one wanted to answer the other. One provoked the other, and the interested party each time wanted to answer. So what did he do? he pressed on an unrelated question and said “I would like to answer what Mr. Mitsotakis, Mr. Varoufakis, etc. said”. I said at the end ”since you have shown that there is this disposition to think about it for the next time”. Yesterday they also tested themselves… I have a feeling that such a debate will never happen again, I say it quite instinctively… They seemed to me very ready to talk to each other. I hope the next debate will have dialogue. However, they are ready, mature enough to do it.”

Regarding the cooperation between the journalists, Sia Kosioni explained that “we did not have any difficulty in getting along, our cooperation was very easy”. And he revealed that “we had agreed in advance where one can “cut” and the other can “sew”, to save some questions”.

The “nail” Androulakis

Sia Kosioni also referred to the moment when Nikos Androulakis hit Alexis Tsipras out of nowhere, telling him in an unrelated follow-up question that “I am very glad that you agree with us on changing the way administrators are elected in public organizations, because that’s how we’ll change your “chosen one” at the Santorini hospital, who owns a vulcanizer.” “Alexis Tsipras was surprised, and then he starts laughing, turns to Mr. Mitsotakis and says “at least he knows about balancing”. And Mr. Androulakis himself laughed.”

“Positive climate Mitsotakis – Tsipras”

The SKAI journalist recorded a positive atmosphere between Mitsotakis and Tsipras. “The two political opponents know each other now, they have been in the political arena for a sufficient period of time which allows them to coexist in such procedures. I’m not saying they became close, I’m not saying that the issues that separate them and the personal shots on both sides, which are definitely disturbing, are not an issue, but not only did they coexist decently on the panel, but they joked with each other, they also made small talk, Mr. Tsipras to Mitsotakis turned to the “vulcanizer”. There was comfort between them”, to the point, in fact, that the SKAI journalist asked them if a government coalition was being prepared.

More collected, Sia Kosioni continued, was Nikos Androulakis, it was his first time, and he knew he would be in the middle of crossfire. He was calm and prepared, but he radiated an anger, a rage.

“ice cream”

There was, he added, an incredible ice age between the Yanis Varoufakis and Kyriakos Velopoulos, their eyes never crossed, just as there was an incredible ice age between all the others with Mr. Velopoulos – Varoufakis.

“I found Mr. Varoufakis a little deformed, he is usually more communicative,” he said. As he estimates, he discerned a possible strategy of Mr. Varoufakis, that he wanted to position himself as a potential government force. “Mr. Velopoulos was speaking to his audience. I think the remark of Mr. Androulakis was the “prison” (for surveillance) will fuel the discussion in the next period”.

As the journalist estimated, the two “hard” journalistic news were the market pass (its post-election extension) and Mr. Androulakis’ article 16. “The big picture is that a government is not being formed, there is no consensus,” he commented.