“We have no dependencies and owe nothing to anyone”
Second stop of the tour in Western Thessaly of the president of PASOK-Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakis it was Megala Kalyvia of the Trikala Regional Unit, where, speaking to farmers and breeders in a village cafe, he argued among other things that the Ministry of Rural Development is not functioning effectively and this was proven both with the scandal in OPEKEPE and with the collapse of the state’s control mechanisms resulting in the spread of zoonotic diseases, which have destroyed a large percentage of the country’s livestock.
Referring, in more detail, to the corruption scandal at OPEKEPE, Mr. Androulakis said: “A gang is stealing OPEKEPE, now we have the first time. That is why the case file of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office came. A party destroys OPEKEPE and the money became expensive cars. When something positive is done, it is done by order of Mitsotakis but when they are caught stealing, Mr. Mitsotakis knows nothing“, he emphasized and criticized the statements of the secretary of strategic planning of the New Democracy, who called the farmers, who are protesting about the dire situation in which they have fallen, “comfortable”.
“Political change is in your hands. In the hands of all of us. And we must fight for the people to support PASOK, because the political change will drive the arrogance of the government to the sidelines. Because this arrogance despises you and led a New Democracy official yesterday to state that the breeders and farmers are complaining because they are “comfortable”. In the next national elections, the “comfortable” will expose the corruption and arrogance of the New Democracy, which despises the work of the honest farmer,” he added.
He also harshly criticized the government for its divide and rule tactics.
“We are committed to a political change, which will change the state and not use it as loot. Where anyone who undermines the public interest and steals community resources that belong to you will be brought to justice. That will not “occupy” the public organizations “green”, “blue”, “red” children” he set as the goal of PASOK’s governance.
And he further pointed out: “Mr. Mitsotakis took advantage of the enormous tolerance of the Greek people due to their disappointment with the Tsipras-Kammenos government. This he instrumentalized. And tolerance became corruption, became arrogance and became impunity. With us, everyone will pay, including those who did not implement the 717 agreement so that the 57 children would not be killed, and those who hijacked OPEKEPE, and those who did the wiretapping and have made Greece a “black sheep” in Europe. You don’t deserve this government». To conclude by emphasizing:
“We will unite the Greek people in a plan of overthrow, in a plan for a better life. If we give our fight to society, we will win. We will also achieve something much greater: We will have no dependencies to implement our policy. We will owe nothing to anyone. We will owe everything to the sovereign Greek people.
At the end of the speech, the county’s breeders were placed, who described the future of the industry in the darkest colors, saying how survival is a question for many families who cannot cope with the needs of everyday life.