For the former President of the Republic Pavlopoulos Promotion the former prime minister spoke, Alexis Tsipras In “Anti -Penal”, expressing his appreciation.

Mr Tsipras praised the role played by Pr. Pavlopoulos in 2008 after the Grigoropoulos’ murderas Minister of the Interior:

“I remember that both his temper and the fact that, as a university, he understood young people, he understood their reactions and wanted to find a way in order to have a positive outlet. I appreciated Prokopis Pavlopoulos from his behavior at the time and I think a relationship of mutual appreciation and trust was built“, He said, stressing that this relationship played a decisive role in his choice for the President of the Republic.

“I chose to give another message, another signal: one message and a national gathering signal. Then I wanted to create the widest possible consensus on the people and the political forces, in order to jointly fight a national battle. The battle for the recovery of our national sovereignty, the exit from the Memorandums and the Committees, but also for the return to regularity. Thus, the choice in Prokopis Pavlopoulos’ face, precisely because it concentrated all these features, I wanted to be a wider choice and not a party choice“, He underlined, stating that this option was”one -way“And he didn’t regret it.

“Prokopis Pavlopoulos was an excellent president of the Republic. Always faithful in the context of his duties, as defined by the country’s constitution, but always unmistakable, creative, productive, with great anxiety and concern for the national interest. ” added, pointing out that ‘His main characteristic was and is patriotism“

“I remember that the relationship I had with him as prime minister and he as the President of the Republic was not just a formal relationship, it was an essential relationship. Even when we disagreed, we discussed and I knew that he is always a man who will look for a way to contribute to the national effort. And there were many times that he contributed – and especially when I was in his knowledge, his legal knowledge, to address critical international or bilateral foreign policy issues. ” said Al. Tsipras.