“The war going on in the Middle East is the result of the occupation, blockade, murder and imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians by the state of Israel, which refuses to recognize international conventions and has been killing 2 million Palestinians for years,” pointed out, among other things, Nikos Sofianos, member of the PG of the Central Committee of the KKE and head of the People’s Rally in the Municipality of Athens, stressing that “the Palestinian people have a right to defend themselves, has the right to have a homeland”.

N. Sofianos noted that “the KKE has no ideological or political affiliation with Hamas, however it is a fact that this organization has been elected by the Palestinians to have the administration in the Gaza Strip”, while he also denounced “the fake news that circulates, as in the case of Ukraine, in the context of war propaganda”.

Second round of municipal elections – Athens

For the second round of municipal elections, he noted that the position of the KKE for white or void “not new, he had the same position in the previous elections when Bakoyannis – Iliopoulos were candidates and even before Kaminis – Sakellaridis. It results from the fact that they practice and serve the same policy, hostile to the people’s interests, a fact that was proven in the previous 4 years, where there was no decision by Bakoyannis that PASOK did not vote for (Megalos Peripatos, Botanikos, etc.)”.

“Indeed”, as he added, “two active municipal councilors of PASOK today are on Bakoyannis’ ballot. The KKE condemns both because they have the same policy”, he noted, “and calls the world invalid or white”.

At the same time, he addressed a call to the people of Patras “to support K. Peletidis, a mayor who managed to change the city and give breaths of relief to the native people”. Commenting on the result of the elections and the great rise of the People’s Rally, he noted that “the KKE does not see the issue as vote-grabbing, and calls on activists from other parties to cooperate with the KKE in the great struggles ahead of us and in the hostile policy that will be implemented by any municipal authority is elected”.