The Prime Minister wanted to put a dividing line with the practices of the past with dismissal of the Minister of Rural DevelopmentSpiliou Libanou on the occasion of the outrageous video and the cynical confession of the mayor of Sparta, Petros Doukas about the deadly fires of 2007.
According to information, when Kyriakos Mitsotakis was informed by his associates about the video in question, he immediately called Spilios Libanos and asked him for explanations. Although the latter admitted his mistake, explaining that the epic he mentioned was ironic, he put his resignation at the disposal of the prime minister, which the prime minister immediately accepted.
In fact, government sources said that although the Lebanese is a personal friend of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, what was said by Mr. Doukas about such a tragic event is outside the prime minister’s value code and that the reaction of the Minister of Rural Development should have been completely different. Therefore, there was no room for the minister to remain in government.
At the same time, he proceeded to deletion of Petros Doukas noting that “his recent statements, apart from being historically untrue, have nothing to do with the principles and values ​​of the New Democracy. As a result, he was notified of the relevant dismissal decision by a member of the faction “.
In this way, the Prime Minister wanted to send a clear message to his ministers that in their public appearances they must serve the principles and values ​​of the government and that such incidents will not be tolerated.
After all, even before Kyriakos Mitsotakis took over the reins of ND, he criticized practices that refer to client-state customer relations that may cast shadows on the work of the government.
“Ironic intervention,” says the Lebanese
For his part, o Lebanese cave in the letter of resignation to the Prime Minister tried to amuse the impressions by talking about “obviously ironic attitude towards the unacceptable and cynical attitude of Mr. Doukas”. He stressed that he submitted his resignation “in order to avoid any further misinterpretation, which could affect the principles of the great and liberal democratic party.”
Finally, the mayor of Sparta, Petros Doukas In a post on Facebook, he tried to “pick it up”, describing the dialogue with the dismissed Minister of Rural Development as an “unfortunate incident”, while he apologized to Spilios Libanos, because he was forced to resign.
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He underlined that the procedure that had been followed for the compensation of the fire victims of Ilia was completely legal and what was mentioned about “bags” with money was “excessive”.
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