The particular announcement by SYRIZA’s President Alexis Tsipras that the primary opposition party will abstain from voting in Parliament had been commented today by Alternate Minister of Foreign Matters, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, during a session of the Parliamentary Standing Panel on National Defence plus Foreign Affairs. Mr Varvitsiotis underlined that there is no parliamentary debate that does not result in a election. By adopting this stance SYRIZA is turning the back on democratic institutions, which ought to be defended simply by every democratic force that participates in the Hellenic Parliament, the Alternate Minister emphasized. The Alternate Minister began his speech by stating that today is a day time of commemoration in honor of the heroes of Imia. He or she stressed the need to defend our national sovereignty and reinforce the armed forces, which the authorities carries out by fulfilling the national duty. At the same time, he or she expressed his sorrow for that loss of Lieutenant Marios Eileen Touroutsikas and his condolences to his family and relatives, in addition to his anxiety for the search for Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis. Regarding the ratification of the EU Trade Agreement with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, Mr. Varvitsiotis pointed out that it is really an agreement with which the EUROPEAN UNION broadens the scope of its trade relations, removing obstacles, and that this benefits Ancient greek exports, as well as the protection of PDO products. Furthermore, the particular Alternate Minister expressed self-confidence that the toxic climate created by SYRIZA -due to its poor performance in the opinion polls and the failure from the opposition – has no reverberation with the Greek people. On the contrary, he expressed confidence that will Greeks would prefer stability and clarity in political relations by re-electing New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis with clear majority. Commenting on SYRIZA’s initiatives to approach PASOK, this individual underscored that he sees “a huge flirting” by the main opposition party, which forgot phrases like “Samarovenizelos” (a reference to a coalition govt formed by New Democracy and PASOK), “fifth columnists” and “bad PASOK” and is attempting to enter the area of interpersonal democracy, which it utilized to oppose as a representative of the Still left in Europe.
