The president of SYRIZA-PS called on the citizens to participate in the SYRIZA electoral process next Sunday, in order to send a clear message of political change. Alexis Tsipras in his interview he gave Thursday night on the Kontra Channel.
“The 1,000 polling stations from one end of the country to the other will be 1,000 post offices, from which citizens will send letters to the Maximos Palace,” he said.
He clarified that all citizens and not only members can come to register and vote for the election of president in SYRIZA. On the goal of the electoral process and that sets the bar, he said: “A party that ruled and got up to 2.5 million voters can not have 25,000 members.
What we are trying to do is what I asked for on the night of the defeat – sweet defeat after we got 32% – when I said that the personal and collective goal is to match the party SYRIZA with the social SYRIZA. Our goal is to return hope to Greek society and to give a clear message of political change. It will be a first step towards winning the national elections. “
He added that “everyone is watching the process and making assessments, I think we will refute them. “A current and a climate of political change are being formed that will be confirmed on Sunday.”
The SW operates in Byzantine terms
He made a comparison with ND, saying that as it appeared in its conference – which, as it claimed, had less participation and less democratic processes than its SYRIZA counterpart and more intense conflicts – “ND is a party that operates in Byzantine terms”. He added that “progressive and not conservative parties have always been pioneers in matters of internal party democracy.”
He noted the equal percentage of men and women in the election of organs in SYRIZA and the digital transformation of the party “and underlined:” I am interested in bringing institutional changes to create a large popular party that will be the backbone of the progressive faction. We are taking a big historic step. “
The government is making an unconditional surrender to the allies
Regarding the Defense Agreement and the government’s foreign policy in general, he said: “We have a government that delivers unconditionally to the allies, giving everything at a time when it costs money. I am extremely worried because Greece is renewing its bases indefinitely, upgrading Alexandroupolis, sending weapons to Ukraine without any consideration.
Mr. Mitsotakis’s policy has risks for national interests. Turkey is not isolated at all, they took a break drinking tea in the Bosphorus Mitsotakis and Erdogan and the Turks came back with violations. Our allies have upgraded Turkey to an important partner while taking Greece for granted. “This policy is far from the multidimensional foreign policy pursued by SYRIZA, which upgraded its relationship with the United States but in return.”
Mr. Mitsotakis sends ravasakia to RAE
He accused the Prime Minister of trying to manipulate the independent authority over the super profits of the energy companies and the distance of SYRIZA’s estimate from RAE’s conclusion. Specifically, he stated: “I spoke about the period from July 2021 to March 2022. RAE, on the contrary, talks about a semester.
Approaches the amount of 930 million and begins deductions. Maximou sends ravasakia to RAE to cook the items. The government dealt with the issue only after pressure from SYRIZA. Mitsotaki’s great anxiety is how to reduce this 1.4 billion to crumbs so as not to force his friends to put their hand in their pocket. We have other disagreements on how to approach RAE, we measured how much it costs and how much they sell. RAE comes with an accounting alchemy to devalue profits. Suppose the superprofits are 930 million euros. He starts to reduce them to reach 500.
I am curious if Mr. Mitsotakis taxes even 500% of these 500 million. We will then have an income of over 400 million. I sign that Mr. Mitsotakis works for the elites and not for the citizens. He is interested in the profits of the shareholders who got 17% in PPC.
The government has money only for the dead
When asked where the money for the benefits requested by SYRIZA will be found, he replied: “When Mr. Mitsotakis has given 7 billion in direct assignments in the two years of the pandemic, and closed tenders, there is no question? When he takes money from retirees to cover the holes in the privatization of supplementary insurance is not an issue? They only remember the financial cost when we ask for measures for the many. It is a matter of fiscal priorities and policy. We left 37 billion in the public coffers. The money given by Mr. Mitsotakis during the pandemic was 43 billion and went targeted to the dead “.
He predicted that “the 600 euros of the return from the bills, will become the biggest boomerang for Mr. Mitsotakis” and added “for 4.2 million consumers, 280 million are provided. The average weight is 60 to 70 euros per consumer “.
He also responded to the government’s objections to the Energy Exchange and the adjustment clause. He clarified that “in the days of SYRIZA, not a single euro of tariffs was increased. The adjustment clause has been in place since 2013. However, this one was imposed on August 5, 2021 and is abusive and illegal, according to a number of bodies and organizations that appeal to justice. The Energy Exchange was a European directive that we had to translate. The model adopted by the EU has proven to be ineffective in times of crisis. However, only in Greece does the model work in such a distorted way, and while there are no forward contracts at all “.
He noted that “the Energy Exchange started operating in November 2020” and that “even manufacturers are talking about a cartel starring PPC.” He blamed the providers for a harmonized practice through which they increase the prices and transfer them to the consumer “. He expressed fears that all 70 billion of the Recovery Fund will be allocated with opacity and there will be scandals.
Who pays so many polling companies?
Asked about the polls that show his party is behind the ND, he said: “At some point it should be investigated how it is possible to have so many companies and who pays them.” As for the measurements, he asked: “You have gone to a cafe, you have caught the pulse of society. “Whenever elections take place, one of the topics that will be discussed for a long time to come will be the polls and how it is possible that they gave such wrong percentages for such a long time.”
He referred to the issue of post-election cooperation, expressing the belief that a government can emerge from the first Sunday and from the ballot box of the simple analog. Specifically, he stated: “In order for there to be a political change and for a progressive government to emerge, SYRIZA must be first and foremost. The crucial elections will be by simple proportional representation. Second elections may not be needed. We believe that the country can go to governments cooperating with progressive agreements from the first Sunday. The percentages will allow a government from the first Sunday and the maturity of the political forces will be judged “.
However, although he said that “the constitutional legitimacy of a government with a second party, SYRIZA, is nonsense”, but added that there is a moral issue and finally “it is not possible to have a progressive government if the first party is ND”.
The prime ministers are elected by the people
Regarding the position of Nikos Androulakis for a government of cooperation with another prime minister, he replied: “Mr. Androulakis should tell us who he wants to rule? If he has the opinion that one does not do it to me and the other does not do it to me, you should also say who does it to him “.
He clarified his own position that “the prime ministers should be elected by the Greek people, be elected and not donors. He wants Mr. Androulakis to be prime minister, let a first party come out and form a government with the same leader. However, it is not normal what he says and I want to believe that in these critical issues until the elections he will open his papers, to say with whom he wants to govern unless he wants, if what Mr. Venizelos has said “KKE of the center “. We are addressing all the progressive forces and especially all of its progressive, democratic citizens. “
Finally, Andreas Papandreou was asked on the occasion of the confrontation in Parliament with the Prime Minister: “Today in Parliament, the Prime Minister accused me of following the tactics of Andreas Papandreou and that is why I replied that I do not consider it a accusation in foreign policy.
The progressive faction always puts the national interest first. Andreas Papandreou used to tell Konstantinos Mitsotakis that it is necessary to cooperate with a superpower, but this cooperation is a two-sided currency. The country will satisfy demands but at the same time it can claim from the superpower to guarantee its security and say that if you do not do it, we also have the right to refuse “.
What has today’s KINAL got to do with Andreas Papandreou?
He then asked: “What has today’s KINAL got to do with Andreas Papandreou?” “They voted for an agreement that gives them everything for free, while the US gives F-16s to Turkey to commit violations in the Aegean.” Especially for Andreas Papandreou, he said that “he was a very great leader who expressed the popular sentiment” and recalled the triptych of his slogan “popular sovereignty, national independence and social justice” which is also promoted by SYRIZA.
As for the “co-government”, he said that “the left then committed a regular maneuver that did not favor either itself or the movement. “The left then paid the co-government.” From history emerges the lesson said that “the forces of the Left, the progressive faction must have an opponent on the right. I have an opponent Mr. Mitsotakis and the neo-liberal right, I do not have KINAL and Mr. Androulakis nor the KKE and Mr. Koutsoumbas “.
Mr. Tsipras stressed that at the moment there is a housing crisis and added that “we have announced a program for affordable housing. We will set up a housing stock that will be available mainly to young people and we will control Airbnb “.
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