Their own – the simple neo-democratic – former presidents and prime ministers and , which was on the evening of October 4? Why were they missing from the festival for half a century of the life of the South West in front of the iconic neoclassical building of Rigil which is associated with historical memory? Antonis Samaras and Costas Karamanlis have criticized the current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a wide agenda of issues (nationals, peers, etc.). Alas if a former Prime Minister does not have the freedom of opinion from whatever party he comes from. The way, tone, and behavior are the ones that are judged. Former PASOK minister Costas Scandalidis – that is, not some “mechotakikos” – when he heard that Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the former prime ministers to invite them to the festival of the NW and they still did not answer, he described it as “inconceivable”. He pointed out that at the celebration of PASOK for 50 years they were all there. Especially in PASOK to remind us that there was the “delete” of former Prime Minister Costas Simitis from his successor George Papandreou. But they were sitting next door. As he was “present” in the 40 years of the South West during Antonis’ presidency Samaras and former Prime Minister Kostas Mitsotakis, whose government Samaras threw in 1993. The absence of Kostas Karamanlis – greater than that for Samaras, caused a nasty surprise and surprise in the neo-democratic camp. The NW was founded by Constantine Karamanlis, the uncle of the former prime minister and the story is directly related to family roots. Samaras and Karamanlis instead of making it clear in the first place that they do not intend to attend the festival of Rigil, they chose the theme to crawl for four days. And as NEWSIT is able to know, they have also done institutionally inappropriate, not to inform Mitsotakis’ office of their decision as promised when they spoke on the phone. Instead, they leaked to the media, at exactly the same time, at 12 noon on Friday, that they would not attend, which means that they were in complete agreement on this strategy of tacticalism that does not honour former prime ministers. So that we don’t forget what we know and lived through, really, what was their personal and political relationship in the years of their Prime Minister? Political aversion they had for each other! In recent years they have suddenly been close, when marginalized – very poorly – by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, decided to join forces against him, charging him with the “treason” of the parties’ principles and the corruption of the European elections. On the contrary, they never recognized the huge success of re-establishing the ND government, after losing 11 units of Kostas Karamanlis in 2007 and 18% of Antonis Samaras (May 2012). In other words no prime minister falls because two former prime ministers do not appear at an anniversary party, even if this is about 50 years. The message of the break with Mitsotakis, in which they bet Samaras and Karamanlis to corrupt him, in the NW has a major impact. She’s hurting her. I personally respect all prime ministers whether I agree or disagree with their policy, whether I voted for them or not. Others were better and others worse, depending on the expectations each citizen had. They had their chance to show what they could do and be judged. To imagine that they could be “Messiahs”, or attempt to impose their views on the next ones even reaching the limits of undermining only as political indecentness can be perceived. And this does not refer to Samaras and Karamanlis, it is a general political comment, apart from parties and persons. The only judge who raises and lowers governments and prime ministers is the citizen with his vote. And as American columnist and writer P.J. wrote. O’Rourke, “There is a single fundamental human right: the right to do whatever you want. Together with this goes the one fundamental human obligation: to face the consequences.” Either acceptance or disrepair.
They are judged! “Other Aias where is it”, but where is our Aias? Sophocles, Ancient Tragedy
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