“His deletion Antonis Samaras by Kyriakos Mitsotakis reflects the result of a wrong policy that the prime minister himself has made in the past, who tried to exploit the issues of foreign policy for internal consumption”, pointed out the MP and candidate for president of SYRIZA, Socrates Famousrecalling that the accusations against SYRIZA that “patriotism is a foreign word” were “the Samara line” both in Macedonia and the fence on the Evros.

“To understand the contrast, last month Mr. Mitsotakis told the Parliament that patriotism is the refuge of crooks. In any case, however, I would not like to deal with the internal affairs of the ND, I am interested in the politics of our homeland. I am interested in having a serious dialogue with Turkey, to defend sovereignty issues and sovereign rights. I would prefer that we do not learn from third parties, and especially from the neighboring country, what exactly is going on in this discussion. Personally I would not like to create problems in my country, but to strengthen it in these matters. But I can’t help but state our differences in these matters.”

When asked about the negotiation for Skopiano, Mr. Famellos replied that the government of Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Kotzias defended the national line and won an agreement for the benefit of the country, peace and cooperation. “But that’s another thing and the discussion about Greek-Turkish relations, where we’ve heard specific things like “given ally”, “soft tactics” etc. I don’t put an issue in advance about the content of the negotiation, but in any case I say that the prime minister he is a victim of his own choices. I can’t forget the pictures with the skulls and the Bucephalus.”

“The purpose of my candidacy is to unite – I call on those who consider SYRIZA their home to return”

Then, he also referred to the endless war that has broken out in SYRIZA, mainly in the new conflict after its “peaks” Stefanou Kasselakis for the Eye. “The previous president has his own path and is no longer related to SYRIZA. As time goes on, it turns out that he has a plan to alter, nullify, destroy, or modify, call it what you will. What is certain is that he never loved SYRIZA, without ever loving his policies, wanting to make him a party for private use”, he underlined, emphasizing:

“The fact that he is currently serving a plan against SYRIZA which uses all the arguments of the anti-SYRIZA front, which Mr. Mitsotakis also used, to hurt Alexis Tsipras, is clear. This also creates possible questions for the people who follow him and my former colleagues, because such obscene lies have never been formulated by SYRIZA”.

Finally, answering for his other co-candidate Pavlos Polakisestimated that they can coexist in the same party, whichever of the two is elected president. “My candidacy aims not only for SYRIZA to be serious and reliable, but also to remain united. I consider that I have served the unified expression and I want to tell you that I can unite and for that I want to invite people outside SYRIZA, those who consider it their home”.