Criticism of the new health minister was launched from the floor of the Plenary Session by the Euclid Tsakalotos, recalling his inhumane statement Thanos Plevris on how immigrants should be treated.
«Is that true, Mr. Minister? Is Athanasios Plevris the Minister of Health?» asked Kostas Skrekas, the parliamentary spokesperson for SYRIZA, recalling the indescribable statement made by T. Plevris back when he was on his side Giorgos Karatzaferis: «Let me read to you what he said a few years ago: «When you’re here, there will be no social benefits; you won’t be able to eat or drink, and you won’t be able to go to the hospital. Hell must seem like paradise compared to what they’ll experience here.».
«Can this man really be the Minister of Health? There's no way..." Hippocratic Oath; »Is there no humanity? Are there no international conventions? And do you believe that citizens will feel safe with this decision by the prime minister?” were the questions he posed, adding that in the Twitter They asked the former LAOS official and new Minister of Health under the New Democracy party to retract it. «And he said it was an old statement, but did not revoke», he pointed out.
Mr. Tsakalotos made it clear to the majority that there are two options. «The first option is to revoke it now. Before the swearing-in ceremony. The other option is for Mr. Mitsotakis to reverse his decision. Because it is unthinkable for a European country to have a health minister who has said such things.» said.
