“The national interest requires that we have energy autonomy and strategic independence. This is what I will continue to serve, ”the Deputy Minister of Energy said Nikos Tsafi In its plenary session Parliament Responding to the fierce criticism he received from the opposition for his earlier statements concerning the occupied territories.
“My post was a serious mistake and I have erased it,” he said initially referring to the text she had uploaded 5 years ago to Twitter calling them occupied “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” and then rushed to respond to the criticism he received for another posting map of his map Aegean with Turkish claims. “There are no serious things that are heard. I showed a map to deconstruct the Turkish claims and you tell me that I adopt it. “
“You are criticizing my patriotism,” he said to the opposition to add “I was born in Greece, I went abroad for study, I stayed abroad for work and in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the energy crisis I met with the prime minister. I gave up everything because I believe in the country and I want to help. I believe that in the energy sector we do very good things and of course there is room to do more. You see the news with the big companies that invest in our country. Greece is part of the solution and I serve this. This is the national interest in having energy autonomy and strategic independence. That’s what I will continue to do. “
Earlier, PASOK’s parliamentary spokesman Dimitris Mantzos He said of the Deputy Minister: “You have political responsibility and you must take over it. You cannot have the Portfolio of the Deputy Minister, unless explain your posts for Greek -Turkish, the Cyprus Energy. ”
K. Costas Barkas by SYRIZA while the Costas Chitas by the Greek solution and the Alexander Kazamia From the navigation of freedom they demanded the resignation of Mr Tsafos.
The ND parliamentary spokesman spoke for anthropophagency efforts. Makarios Lazaridis.