Athens Mayor Kostas Bakogiannis spoke about the release of November 17 terrorist organization leader Alexandros Giotopoulos. Bakogiannis, whose father Pavlos was among the victims of the terrorist group, said: “I woke up and was looking at the news sites and I was thinking, if I encounter him on the street, what will I do? And if our children see him, what will we do?”
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Bakogiannis on Giotopoulos: “I wondered, if I meet him on the street, what will I do”
Kostas Bakogiannis spoke on Saturday morning (23/5) on the “Smile Again” show on Mega TV and continued on the subject: “Later I corrected myself because I can share this publicly, but there are others who cannot. We have a system that we need to reconsider. He was sentenced to life imprisonment 17 times but served only 1.5 years for each murder. Do we consider this justice? It’s beyond me. What will he tell his children about this case: Yesterday my son called me and asked me about it. The answer is difficult. I want my children to feel safe and to have love. Whatever I answer them, I answer through this lens.”
He continued saying: “We who are in politics must be careful about what we say about justice. Politics is the art of results but also being able to put ourselves in others’ shoes. We politicize deaths, but in cemeteries we are all equal.”
Finally, when asked about the SKAI documentary regarding November 17’s actions and specifically referring to Dimitris Koufodinas’ interview, Kostas Bakogiannis said that “I couldn’t bear it and I never want to see the November 17 documentary in my life.”
