The secretary of the ND, Maria Syregela, spoke to SKAI and the Today show about the attack she received from the SYRIZA member of parliament, Pavlos Polakis, during his telephone intervention on a show on Monday night.

“It is not the first time, he has done it to other political opponents and to women in particular… Even worse to ordinary citizens”, she said, noting that many times they have condemned the behavior of Mr. Polakis.

Regarding the phone call from the president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis and the apology for Mr. Polakis, Ms. Syregela said that “this apology is not sincere” emphasizing how “a sincere apology also means erasing a man who has proven many times that he only brings toxicity to the political life of the country whether he is inside the parliament or outside and he is a man who thinks that with thuggery and with “you know who I am , you’ll see what happens”, he can impose his views”.

“What I told Mr. Kasselakis is that Mr. Polakis should be removed,” he pointed out, repeating that this is not the first time this has happened. “It should concern SYRIZA itself how such people are kept within its party apparatus and at the same time it should also concern us as a society… Mr. Polakis represents the old, this “I’ll tell you what will happen” , the “don’t talk”, we have started all this and we are overcoming it”he pointed out.

Ms. Syregela noted that the very next moment, after Mr. Kasselakis’ phone call to her, Mr. Polakis “empty his leader” referring to the latter’s post where he appeared unrepentant, even saying “leave the bullshit – I don’t take back words”.

As mentioned by the secretary of the ND, “political confrontation clearly and should take place…to judge, to say our opinion but always in decent contexts and with evidence”.