SYRIZA’s press representative, Popi Tsapanidou, speaks of the abysmal hypocrisy of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, commenting on a front-page article of the newspaper Dimokratia, according to which the New Democracy MP candidate in Rodopi Mustafa Katrantzis he was talking about “Western Thracian Turks” in an interview with the Turkish newspaper “GUNDEM” two days before the May 21 elections.

In her announcement, Mrs. Tsapanidou states: “Today’s publication of the newspaper Dimokratia regarding the statements of the ND parliamentary candidate Mr. Katrantzis in a Turkish newspaper, where referring to the Muslim minority he speaks of the Turks of Western Thrace, proves the bottomless hypocrisy of ND and Mr. Mitsotakis.

Mr. Mitsotakis was obviously aware of these statements when he decided to include Mr. Katrantzis on the ND ballots for the second time.

No national red line allegedly violated by SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance candidate MPs is in Mr. Mitsotakis’s concerns.

His only concern is to intimidate Greek citizens for a few thousand votes and to avoid a meaningful debate about his economic program and his government’s disastrous management of the national health system.

Mr. Mitsotakis sent us a message about how he will govern tomorrow.

We have a responsibility and a democratic duty to ensure that this message of fear does not dominate on June 25.”