Regarding the assessment of his telephone battle with his fellow candidates for the presidency, he spoke to and to “Mismatched» the MEP and candidate for its president SYRIZA, Nikos Farandouris, who at the same time expressed his regret for the independence of Theodoras Tzakris and Iotas Poulos, which makes PASOK now the Official Opposition and his party the third parliamentary force. “Marriage cannot be forced, everyone makes their own choices”, as he commented succinctly, characterizing the urgent need for reconstruction and flight forward.

“The question is, does SYRIZA want to remain a small party of the Left as the polls show it, or does it want to regroup and fight back with all its might, regaining its lost prestige and ground? If he wants the latter, friends and members need to buckle up, wake up and go to the polls on Sunday. The progressive democratic world obviously wants progressive governance”, pointed out Mr. Farandouris, speaking of hypocrisy. “The loudest voices who shouted on the TV panels a few months ago when some of their colleagues left SYRIZA, creating their own parliamentary group, were the ones who are leaving today. Principals Tzakri and Poulou are sailing in seas they do not know. They take the historic responsibility of overthrowing SYRIZA who elected them from the position of the Official Opposition, which is a state position and not a marquee”.

Fire at Famello and Polakis – “I can’t listen to those who put their hands to pull out our eyes”

At the same time, he emphasized that there will not be many opportunities for reconstruction in the future, putting in the frame those who “took Mr. Kasselakis by the hand and brought Mr. Kasselakis to become the man who takes off the sweater”, while he also directed his “fires” at Sokratis Famello and Pavlos Polakis who “remained his silent supporters”.

“I have always supported SYRIZA and I will continue to support SYRIZA. I say this because yesterday in the debate I was asked why I should deal with SYRIZA, since I have been an MEP for 5 years. I’m sorry for the party. He honored me and I honored him. I think he deserves better luck, and I cannot listen to those who put their little hands to pull out our eyes, tearing their robes. I expanded the base of SYRIZA, I went down to the single party of Kefalonia and got 30,000 crosses, therefore I do not belong to this category”.

“Yesterday I asked Mr. Famello if he agrees to go to a constitutional conference to change 5 things to become a modern progressive democratic party of the Left. I don’t remember hearing any answer, there was no answer, I want an answer. We go to the polls politically and united, but we also want answers. Apparently, some had not studied axes for the progressive reconstruction of the space” he concluded.