“The big sponsor of the PETSA list and the 107th series of the world ranking on freedom of the press, New Democracy, dares to comment on the president of SYRIZA – PS in terms of the way he perceives information“, says SYRIZA-PS in a statement regarding the comment of ND press representative, Nikos Romanos, about Stefanos Kasselakis’ withdrawal from an interview.

He points out that the Stefanos Kasselakis has proven that he does not hesitate to give interviews to unfriendly SYRIZA Media and in unprotected environments because he has nothing to fear and nothing to hide. He is transparent in everything.

“Unlike him Kyriakos Mitsotakis who mostly chooses safe environments and familiar journalists, who sometimes write him notes to fuel his thinking,” he notes characteristically.

He describes how his President SYRIZA in the radio interview he gave to the Rhodes radio station “Real Voice”, he just referred to last year’s devastating fires that hit Rhodes – a situation he experienced during his on-site visit – and to the government’s responsibilities he received a barrage of insults in an unprecedented tone and style.

He talks about a journalist in “ordered service”, who last summer was ‘distinguished’ for her responses that reported that everything is going well on the long-suffering island that was burning for 14 days.

“Coincidentally, she is a former candidate for regional councilor and current director of the Press Office of the Dodecanese Region and Managing Director of the Dodecanese Development Company “ANDO SA”. That is, three in one… The entanglement of the ND at its best!“, he emphasizes.

He estimates that as far as the essence of the interview is concerned, it is obvious that for the two-year delay in the payment of the transport equivalent to the islanders, but also for the refusal of the Mitsotakis government to incorporate article 104 of the European Directive 542/2022 on the reduction of VAT by 30% in our islands for two years (ND’s pre-election announcement in 2023), no one else is responsible but Mr. Mitsotakis himself, who has been governing for the last five years, no matter how much some want to overlook it.