Nikos Tsioutsias: Antonis Samaras believes that the NW changed to blue Syriza on many issues

‘ There is no cost to a former prime minister,” stressed the director of his press office, Nikos Tsioutsias, regarding the removal of the former Prime Minister from her, after the interview he gave at the “Sunday Step”. Antonis Samaras in his interview criticised the government’s stance in Greek-Turkish, while also commented on the discussion that Kyriakos Mitsotakis had with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the presence of Nikos Christodoulides. The interview caused Megaros Maximos’ strong reaction with the Prime Minister deciding to delete him from the ND. “When making political intervention Mr. Samaras has three things in mind: the country, society and the party. Every public intervention has to do with its findings on where there is a small or big problem. There is no cost to a former prime minister. It is his duty to point out the problems that exist and to give his own solutions,” Nikos Tsioutsias stressed, speaking at the Open, Monday morning (18.11.24). For the request to remove George Gerapetritis : “I believe that he has noted some failures regarding the statements Gerapetritis. The government can say whatever it wants. Mr. Gerapetrite is in a position of responsibility and cannot say such things. Mr. Samaras expressed his question about the strategy and it is something that has been saying since 2021. Mr. Fidan told us all something specific. When Antonis Samaras was Prime Minister there was no Blue Country, nor the Turkish-Libyan Pact, there was no pirate act on Turkey’s part. Decentralization of islands as a request from Turkey did not exist when Antonis Samaras was Prime Minister.” For the suspension of Giannis Valinakis regarding sea zones: “Yiannis Valinakis was a former Deputy Foreign Minister and in his post he wrote that “despite the pressure of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not give the European Union the map of European maritime zones. Dissatisfied the European Union refers Greece to the European Court of Justice and publishes the map of Seville itself, which Greece renounced in 2021 as private. Mr. Fidel reacts that without a claim map we negotiate.” Mr. Valinakis says that Greece renounced the map as private.” For Mr. Gerapetritis and the right turn: “Mr. Gerapetrite must leave. Mr. Samaras doesn’t think that Mr. Gerapetrite is acting anti-patriotically on his own. It’s a waste of what he does, it’s a mistake. Misses must be marked. Mr. Samaras called on Mr. Mitsotakis to change Turkey’s policy. What comes out as a logical conclusion is either that the proposal for President of the Republic bothered Costas Karamanlis, or was a pre-decided choice. The government wanted to delete Mr. Samaras, while she admits that there is a global turn to the Right.” For the handshake of Mr. Samaras with Nikos Pappas : “Mr. Samaras made a public handshake at a public event with Mr. Pappas. Is that bad? The Prime Minister went to the Parliament and talked about humors. This affects Mr. Samaras because he was chased by Syriza. They charged him that he restored his relations with Syriza.” “If ND evolves into Potami creates space for right party” For the possibility of Samaras proceeding with the creation of a new party: “Mr. Samaras did not leave the South, he was deleted. Whether there is a field for a new right party depends on the Southwest. If the ND evolves into a River, it creates space for a right-wing party. Mr. Samaras has been in the United States for a few hours and I can’t rule out or confirm anything. The deletion of Mr. Samaras is a historic decision of Mr. Mitsotakis, as a former Prime Minister has never been removed from the South. There is a polling collapse of the South West, a few months after the collapse in the European elections. It is wrong to choose Mitsotakis because it divides the party, erasing a former Prime Minister, at the time when he asked Costas Karamanlis to be nominated for President of the Republic.” In the event of some Members leaving the South West: “I cannot know if there will be a reaction from Members who are closely connected to Antonis Samaras. Everyone knows how he feels, how he thinks and what he decides.” “The woke agenda is very specific and brought by the ND, but paid for it” For the Woke agenda and statements of 18% : “It’s not just a same-sex marriage, it’s also childbearing. There’s the colorful family, the fairy tales in the kids from drag queens, all of which was brought by the bill. The woke agenda is very specific and brought by the South West, but paid for it with great abstention. He got the lowest number of votes historically. In 2012 conditions were completely different. Immediately after the European elections Mr Mitsotakis gave interviews where he spoke about small and fearsome ND, with Mr. Samaras’ reply being specific. He considers the comparison to 18% unhistorical, because there were six parties, memoranda, indignant, street people, Troika. ND got 18% and a month later got 29%. In the European elections there was the lowest number of votes, while 40% of voters went to vote.” “ND changed to blue SYRIZA on many issues” About where the South is going: “Mr. Samaras considers that after the 2023 elections ND ignored its political programme and turned into a blue SYRIZA on many issues, such as same-sex marriage and legalization of illegal immigrants”. “Some, like Mr. Skertsos, would prefer Maria Damanaki for PtD” For the resignation of Samaras from the South of Constantine Mitsotakis: “Antonis Samaras resigned, as other MPs resigned. The government then stayed with 150 MPs. The late Constantine Mitsotakis chose the appeal to the polls. MPs share their concerns with Mr Samaras. It’s too early to talk. There will be no statements from Mr. Samara from the United States. When making a public intervention, he thinks it is the right time to point out some things about the country.” On whether the ND has been cut off from its roots: “ND has been cut off from its roots and this is seen by the election result of European elections. That was said by 30 Members the day after the European elections, asking for the party to return to its roots. There was no agreement with Mr Karamanlis to be nominated for President of the Republic. Some, like Mr. Skertsos, would prefer Maria Damanakis as President of the Republic. Who disagrees with a centre-right President of the Republic?”.