“Just hours before President Zelensky addressed the Greek Parliament, Mr. Tsipras chose to insult the millions of Ukrainians who resist the brutal Russian invasion and call for international help and solidarity.
With them, however, it offends the public opinion of our country, which is watching the massacre in Ukraine with shock. The principles that Hellenism has been following over time. And, of course, the politics of Europe and the entire democratic West “, states in a statement the government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou, for the interview of the leader of the official opposition on Crete TV.
He points out: “Because at this very moment, the leader of SYRIZA decided to declare that he disagrees with the sanctions against a regime that, in violation of international law, abolishes the borders and the independence of its neighbors. That the fair defender should not be helped in practice against an unjust attacker. “While he seems to prefer the role of ‘smart neutral’, reminiscent of another country and another authoritarian leader of our time.”
And Mr. Economou emphasizes: “We call on Mr. Tsipras to reconstruct what he said is unacceptable. To realize that the foreign policy and the international position of the homeland are not suitable for cheap opposition. And that the wrong messages it sends, harm our national issues. Finally, Greece does not belong to the four points of the horizon, as it has casually said before. But in the great democratic alliance of the open western world and culture. Whom she honors, so that he honors her too.
Our country was, is and will be a stronghold of Freedom and Democracy. He has always resisted violence and authoritarianism. While Hellenism never kept silent, nor did it sway in the face of injustice. He will not do it now. In a straightforward, explicit and practical way. Because every other attitude acquits the guilty and condemns the victim. Greece, then, is again on the right side of history and with many. Mr Tsipras, unfortunately, chooses to be an exception. Inside and outside the borders… ».
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