The SYRIZA-PS press representative, Voula Kehagia, described the reshuffle as “very hesitant”, in an interview with R/s SKAI, arguing that “it is limited to recycling persons and tries to maintain intra-party balances». “It is a compromise reformation on the part of the prime minister, which obviously demonstrates the state of panic in which the government is after the election result of last Sunday. Panic and embarrassment,” he said.

Ms. Kehagia said that she would expect the prime minister to change more ministers, “because it is not only the exit of Mr. Skrekas from the government, to whom I suppose that the prime minister blames inefficiency in dealing with punctuality.” He commented in particular that “when you keep Mr. Hatzidakis in the government structure or in the specific post – who draws up the economic policy and decided to impose the tax on freelancers, which was not in the ND program – or when you keep in the same post , in the critical field of public health, Mr. Georgiadis, at a time when every day our fellow citizens die in hospital beds almost helpless, I think there is a problem”. He added that either Mr. Mitsotakis did not get the message or he has no reserves.

Responding to the comment that “these are heavy words” (the reference that “people are dying on the ranches”) and that during SYRIZA there were huge health problems, Ms. Kehagia said that “the problems have worsened” and that “but now, a plan to privatize public health is being implemented out the window.” He stated that “the situation, in a crude and cynical way on the part of Mr. Georgiadis, has literally reached the no further point. The situation in public hospitals is tragic.” He claimed that under SYRIZA the public health system had improved.

When asked about the fact that yesterday’s meeting of the Committee was concluded after the speech of Mr. Kasselakis, she stated that at the end of the discussion, the director of the Committee announced that in the next few days the deputies will be notified of a new meeting of the Committee, which will certainly be given the opportunity to take the floor.

Regarding the election result and the difference of 13 points between ND and SYRIZA, he said that “ND insisted that it wants to be compared with 2019 – and it didn’t manage to compare with 2019 either.” “So we are not saying that we are satisfied with the result. But we say that we stood up and this has to do with the fact that, in our opinion, the government of Mr. Mitsotakis is on a reverse course. The countdown has begun,” he asserted.

He noted that “the evaluation of the election result will be done calmly, not with hasty conclusions, and we will see if we should make other moves or if we did not have the appropriate political time to prevent some situations.”

With reference to the Hatzidakis letter asking the Speaker of the Parliament to discuss and estimate the costs of the proposals of SYRIZA-PS, in the presence of himself as well as Mr. Stefanos Kasselakis, and whether the President of SYRIZA accepts this procedure, Mrs. Kehagia said that the president of SYRIZA “first challenged the government to go together to the General Accounting Office of the State”. “Based on this position and the challenge of Mr. Kasselakis, we have the reaction of Mr. Hatzidakis. In the parliamentary field, everything will be compared. The president of SYRIZA-PS has called for a comparison of the two economic programs, so I see no reason why Mr. Kasselakis should not appear when a specific meeting is set,” he said.

For the invitation of St. Kasselakis for wider cooperation with the forces of the Center-Left, PASOK, the Freedom Movement, etc., emphasized that “the proposal, as formulated by Mr. Kasselakis, remains on the table of course”. He explained that the proposal submitted by Stefanos Kasselakis yesterday to the KO” says to investigate the possibilities of cooperation at the level of the Parliament, which for us is very important. Let’s jointly file legislative proposals, put pressure on the government and look for wider collaborations and alliances from now on and in the long term at the level of society, local government and chambers.” Asked if he is undermining his initiative when he makes it clear that if there is a positive response, no matter what, the president of the new body will be himself, Ms. Kehagia explained that he did not say that: “He said that if he goes ahead with it the level, which I have just described to you, an agreement, and below the base, the society, encourages even an electoral cooperation in a wider body, then he himself will be a candidate to be put at the head of that body. Not that it’s going to be him anyway.”