On Saturday at noon, the President of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras He is speaking before the plenary session of Parliament as the standoff with the Mitsotakis government over the 2022 budget reaches its peak.
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Ο President of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras began his remarks at the debate on the 2022 budget Paraphrasing Charilaos Trikoupis’s famous phrase, he addressed the Mitsotakis government and the prime minister, saying: «Mr. Mitsotakis, unfortunately, you have gone bankrupt.».
«You haven’t gone bankrupt financially—quite the opposite, I’d say, for you, your friends, and your sponsors. Financially, thousands of households and businesses are facing bankruptcy. You have suffered something even worse—you have gone bankrupt morally, Mr. Mitsotakis,» Mr. Tsipras emphasized.
«Your biggest problem isn’t your managerial incompetence. It isn’t that you’ve become a multiplier and accelerator of all the crises you’ve managed to date. There’s a pandemic all over Europe, but here we have the highest death toll. Prices are rising all over Europe, but here we have the highest wholesale electricity prices. There’s a climate crisis all over Europe, but here, this summer, the largest proportion of forest acreage—relative to the country’s size—was reduced to ashes.».
«Your problem isn’t just that the “staff state” proved inadequate, or that the “best and brightest” proved useless. The biggest problem is that your government—and you personally—in the midst of crisis, suffering, a public health tragedy, and a public health crisis, attempted to profit, both politically and personally. To stage a false triumph, a “magical image” of success, based on lies and propaganda. »It is unethical when done in the midst of a tragedy,” continued the president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance.
«Now that the clay feet of falsehood are crumbling, the king stands naked and morally bankrupt. Reality is always much more powerful than the image portrayed by the pro-government media, which are well-funded with public money. And reality is painful for the overwhelming majority of our society today—our people who are being unjustly lost. They could have been saved if the healthcare system had been strengthened. For households groaning under the burden of high electricity costs and the rising cost of basic necessities. For businesses drowning in debt and facing closure. For the farmers who see their production costs skyrocketing. They’re wondering if it’s even worth it to grow their crops this year. For the young people who constantly face barriers to education. For the working class, whom you are condemning to a life of precarious daily wages and poverty. It is this reality that you will have to face, not the fictional one your propaganda portrays.».
