In the Central Square of Malesina, with the workers of LARCO by his side and more broadly of Lokrida, which is being tested by the closure of the factory, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE ended his campaign Dimitris Koutsoubas noting that “this is the best way to close this pre-election effort…”

Dimitris Koutsoubas called on those gathered “to put their own needs and those of their children first, with the KKE ballot in the ballot box” and reminded that “for about 4.5 years the KKE together with the workers of the region have been fighting the difficult struggle to keep their jobs, to keep their lives in this place” as he characteristically said.

The Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE harshly criticized the parliamentary parties, saying that “the vote for the KKE is the only one that will definitely be found where it was cast. The KKE vote is not “parked” until the next polls, until the distant 2027, as everyone else says in order to blackmail the people that until then, when the next national elections are held, they will not have another chance…That’s what he says Kasselakis and confesses that the only right he recognizes for the people is to vote in the elections… And apparently, until then, the only role he recognizes for him is to sit and watch him talk all the time about himself, his riches and for his experiences, as he did yesterday in the Constitution” as he said.

At the same time, he meaningfully noted that “how he has confused the elections with the slogan “live your myth in Greece”… They see the people and the youth only as “sluts”, passive applauders and powerless to intervene and determine the developments…”

“As if they are not ashamed,” said D. Koutsoubas, referring to the genocide “that is unfolding before our eyes in Palestine, by the murderous state of Israel, with the support of the EU, the Greek government and the alibi of the other parties of the Euro-Atlantic arc, of “we belong to the West” as the president of SYRIZA said yesterday” as he said to add “they crushed the bones of thousands of fighters who gave their lives even against all that the American-born Mr. Kasellakis advocates today. As if they are not ashamed…”

LARCO

“You are not alone and you know it,” said D. Koutsoumbas to add, “you fight this fight together with the thousands of workers, labor unions, people’s movement bodies throughout the country who support you.

Referring to LARCO, he characterized everything that is happening in this phase as a “crime against the people” attributing responsibility to the EU, but also to the government as well as to previous governments because, as he said, “it is a crime what has happened over time in LARCO and which now they are trying to complete the crime against the workers, their families, the professionals who live off LARCO, the very productive capabilities of our country.”

Mr. Dimitris Koutsoubas reminded that “in agreement of the governments with the EU, it never developed its tested and proven capabilities in the direction of stainless steel production”.

He made special reference to the state aid fines which he linked to the “financial strangulation of the business so that it is easier for them to proceed to the next step of its sale” as he said. He made special reference to the taunting of the workers by the government, saying that “this taunting has no end”. He referred to the government’s commitments to renew fixed-term employment contracts until there is a tripartite dialogue between the government, the new owner and the workers, and finally, as Mr. Koutsoubas said, “they tried to fire them all before the completion of the process and without anything to ensure the future of LARCO… ” to add that “they were looking for an investor, but rather, as the employees say, they found an old scrapper”

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE directly attacked the ND and SYRIZA, stressing that “the people of this country get angry when they see this fight between the millionaires over their deposits, their shares, their properties. The lavish way they live has nothing to do with the problems of the people and they don’t even care about them.”

In fact, he described it as a challenge for our people “at the moment when every citizen is asked to pay electricity up to 70% more expensive, the political representatives of the business groups parade in front of them with their millions, with their opulence and luxury ». He accused the other parties of “putting their signatures on the memoranda, the hundreds of anti-war laws and the war plans” noting that “yes we are not the same” to add “There is also the other world, which the KKE expresses at the political level . The only party that did not stop for a moment, not even in the pre-election period, to offer all its strength to organize the struggle of the wronged, of the people…”

D. Koutsoubas called on those gathered to fight until the last hour, as he said “the time has come to turn our backs on their rot, to defend our own world, of justice, truth, honesty, solidarity. We can with the KKE ballot on Sunday!” as he said to also note that “we can make the big surprise. Let’s surprise them! So that the workers of LARCO, the people of Locris and Fthiotida, all the Greek people, are stronger in the face of what we have to face. To open another, brighter path for us and our children. It is in our hand! KKE strong, hope is here! We will make it! Hello, with strength and health! KKE strong, hope is here!

Earlier, Giorgos Kazas, treasurer of the LARKO Larymnas Workers’ Union and Panagiotis Politis, president of the LARKO Larymnas Workers’ Union and MEP candidate of the KKE, greeted the gathering.