The SYRIZA PS presidential candidate expressed her assessment that the second round of the electoral process is “an absolutely open battle” that she can win with her political proposal, as well as that the “right-wing government” can win Efi Ahtsioglouin an interview with the main Open news bulletin.

He said that to be able to win you need a political plan and that “as long as Mr. Kasselakis, this cannot win.” Regarding the support of Nikos Pappas to Stefanos Kasselakis, he commented that “his position is absolutely respected, he made his choice, this does not mean that it affects the voters of the first round, the persons, executives, members ‘ this way…”.

In response to the question of who is fighting it, he said that “there have been slanderous attacks from specific media and social media centers that are often reproduced by SYRIZA officials, I am not saying that they originate from there, but they are certainly reproduced.” He added that he does not want to have a personal confrontation and that those who do so create a problem for SYRIZA. “But I demand that there be no cannibalism within it SYRIZA, a party cannot proceed like this”. He mentioned that Mr. Polakis he is a person who “on a permanent basis targets executives, not only me”, “that is why I also asked Mr. Kasselakis to condemn these attacks”. He said that “it would be the least sign of political civilization to condemn these slanderous attacks” and that he would insist on a political discussion because “the citizen cannot judge if he does not have the political plan in front of him”.

Asked how they will coexist after Sunday with the climate that has formed, she said that “coexistence can exist as long as there is a political framework” and that for her part, with her route, she has guaranteed the unity of the space. “So here the issue is to have a response from the other side, because it is from that side that the attacks that create toxicity and cannibalism arise,” he added. To the question that was put to her: “if something like this continues, you might be forced to leave, if Mr. Kasselakis wins?”, she emphasized that “no, look, I am a soldier of this area…”. “There must be a political framework, there must be a rudimentary political culture and the stake is whether after Sunday SYRIZA can guarantee the citizens that it will have a serious, structural opposition to the government,” he added.

Regarding criticism of her statement on election night, she emphasized that her address was about her running mate’s political plan, “not obviously the voters.” He said it’s not nice to twist statements, “my statement was clear and it was about my co-candidate’s political plan which is nebulous.” For executives who changed “camp”, he commented that flows in a process are expected and that at the same time others without a public platform are joining it.

In a related question, she noted that her relationship with Alexis Tsipras is completely undisturbed and that Mr. Tsipras chose the attitude of silence and remained consistent with it and “in my humble opinion he did the right thing because the emotional weight is such that any intervention of his would be decisive”. Mrs. Ahtsioglou commented that she does not consider it good “to use his silence as a tool to gain benefits from some side”. “Let’s be very careful, because my co-candidate’s side often instrumentalizes her and that’s not okay I think.”