“It was a painful shock, a strong message that society sent us. We look society in the face, we take the message, we change on the move and we move forward”, said SYRIZA MP Olga Gerovasilis to SKAI and the show “Kalimera” with Giorgos Autias.

Referring to the party’s electoral committee, Ms. Gerovasili emphasized that “other persons are nominated, persons also from the think tank, with political and technocratic competence as well as freshness in order to broadcast our message in a direct way but also with complete honesty, without we radiate insecurity, instability. ND invested in the fear of change and we contributed to this in our own way, with inappropriate statements, with mischievous movements.

Regarding the party’s program, the SYRIZA MP emphasized that “we are the only force that can tell society a program to defend its rights. We have a comprehensive community advocacy program. We clearly did not manage to pass this program of ours. We showed a lack of a coordinated course, a clear programmatic speech and many failures in the way it was pronounced.”

Also, Ms. Gerovasili described the choice of simple proportionality as a “strategic mistake”. “While we strongly believed in defending simple proportional and unadulterated voting. We believed that the democratic forces of the country, having themselves previously declared the opinion in favor of simple proportionality and the possibility of co-governance in the country, that they would follow. This, with the refusal of all parties, seemed like a proposal in a vacuum and created an insecurity in society. On the other hand, Mr. Mitsotakis played the game of stability, taking advantage of this point as well”, he said characteristically.

“We have four weeks ahead of us to prove and show society that the self-reliance that Mr. Mitsotakis is asking for is not self-reliance, it is omnipotence. To show society that we already have a 14% increase in insurance contributions. We saved the country and we are the only political force that delivered full coffers,” he added.

Asked if SYRIZA is afraid of PASOK, Ms. Gerovasili replied: “We are afraid of the advance of ND the next day in society. And we will not make a stupid war within the opposition.”

“We are not claiming an opposition ministry or a co-government ministry. We present our program clearly to society, with all sincerity, looking the people in the eyes, with self-criticism, with prudence, with responsibility so that we can move the country and the Greek people forward”, he added.

“Alexis Tsipras is political capital for SYRIZA, for the left and for the country. It was and will remain political capital. Alexis Tsipras, because he has the characteristics of a leader in the first defeat or the second, does not back down. At no time did Alexis Tsipras say “I’m leaving” and I was there. After the initial shock, no one thought of resigning”, concluded Ms. Gerovasili.