At the end of his visit to Crete, the president of PASOK-KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, was in the center of Heraklion where he had the opportunity to meet citizens, who welcomed him warmly. In his statements, Nikos Androulakis referred to her issue Rhodopespeaking of a “divisive war between ND and SYRIZA”.

“I am sending a message from Crete, the struggle for democracy. Let them end the dangerous adventures in our national affairs. The games of Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Tsipras are dangerous. We have a duty to serve a plan that guards our national interests and not instrumentalizes them for temporary party benefits,” said Mr. Androulakis.

“All Greek parliamentarians must respect the Treaty of Lausanne, whether Christians or Muslims, we must not allow any foreign intervention in matters concerning our country by third powers, but we ourselves must show credibility, respect and not reason that we heard from the lips of Mrs. Bakoyannis speaking in a village of Rodopi as if we were in the ’50s and ’60s” said Nikos Androulakis who spoke of “old partisanship of the Right” which “we do not tolerate, we denounce it and we do not serves our national interests.”

In addition, the president of PASOK-KINAL said that “we in PASOK we are the ones who, together with Andreas Papandreou, broke down the bars in 1995we are the party that with Costas Simitis and George Papandreou made the law of five per thousand and hundreds of Greek Muslims entered Greek universities and within 20 years the number of scientists in Komotini has increased fivefold”.

“Our country and the Greek people need a strong reliable progressive force, this is what we aspire to be with the popular verdict on June 25” he added, concluding that the faction is “the genuine opponent of maintenance” which will “embrace the anxieties of the Greek people, for a strong social state that will reduce inequalities for a competitive productive base that will create many good jobs for Greek children in Greece, will respect and serve institutions, democracy and human rights”.

Nikos Androulakis also visited the Region of Crete, having a short conversation with the regional governor Stavros Arnautakis.