“If the ND government, and the prime minister personally, think that they will be able, once again, to shake off their responsibilities for what is happening in Thessaly, they are being laughed at“, the candidate for president of SYRIZA-PS underlines in his statement on social networks, Euclid Tsakalotos.

“No matter how many communication devices they use, no matter how much the immunity they enjoy in the media is still challenging, the reality is relentless: 12 dead so far, an unknown number of missing, untold devastation, ruined lives, the whole plain a sanitary bomb“, he notes, referring to “relentless questions, leading to given responsibilities”, “which will be attributed”.

“Because these questions will not only be asked, but we will force them to be answered. For the funds allocated to anti-flood projects that were not carried out, for the non-transparent procedures that were followed, for ignoring the warnings of scientists – already known for five years – but also for the fact that despite the forecasts of meteorologists, the “staff” state collapsed. At the same time, all our energies should be devoted to the relief of the suffering people. What is needed right now is collective action and concerted action, not visits and photographic statements of sympathy against the backdrop of the devastated landscape and suffering people“, he emphasizes and concludes: “That’s why I asked the secretary, the deputy secretary and the head of the party’s KO – following a relevant discussion in the Political Secretariat – to ensure that all levels of the party, all of us together, coordinately, do whatever it takes to the help we will offer is essential. Away from personal strategies, we must realize the magnitude of the responsibility that corresponds to us – as the official opposition of the country – and act as we should: as the whole party».