The scientific council of Alexis Tsipras‘ Institute is expected to be announced in the coming days, as the former prime minister wants to put his stamp on the people who will be working alongside him. According to sources, among others, the council will include Giorgos Chouliarakis, economist and former Finance Minister, economist Dimitris Liakos and former deputy minister to the prime minister, International Law professor Charis Tzimitras, former Deputy Chief of Hellenic Police Zacharoula Tsirigoti, Eugenia Fotoniata, chemical engineer and former special secretary for Sectoral Operational Programs Management at the Ministry of Economy and Development, and journalist Antonis Papagianidis, while the name of former ADAE president Christos Rammos has also been mentioned.
In his staff remain Michalis Kalogirou, while Giorgos Vasiliadis has been recently added. It should be noted that Parliament Vice President Olga Gerovassili is one of the people who talks with him very frequently.
What SYRIZA sees regarding the protection of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
At the same time, SYRIZA officials at Koumoundourou attribute the prime minister’s decision to submit a bill to Parliament transferring protection of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the Ministry of Defense while keeping its guarding under the responsibility of the Hellenic Police to the prime minister’s anxiety to approach the far-right audience, while simultaneously wanting to put Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, who had stood “beside” hunger striker Panos Routsis, in a difficult position. SYRIZA officials believe the government is being pressured by Afroditi Latinopoulou’s rhetoric, who appears to be “biting” into their percentages in recent polls. It’s worth noting that until today, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has shared jurisdiction between Parliament, the Presidential Guard, the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Athens and the Hellenic Police. SYRIZA says the government uses the complexity of this arrangement as an argument to change it and points out that, among other things, the Maximos Mansion wanted to put Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, who had sided with Panos Routsis, in a difficult position.
“With the new regime, the Defense Minister will have to go against the relatives of the Tempe victims by choosing to erase the 57 names written there,” say Koumoundourou officials. SYRIZA spokesman Kostas Zachariadis stated that it’s clear the government was bothered by this man’s struggle.
“New Democracy cannot tolerate a person who fights for truth and Justice -which is the core of the rule of law and therefore of Democracy- protesting and achieving a victory there. It cannot tolerate that. Above the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is the Greek Parliament and below is Syntagma Square. And the government wants to bring the army to… maintain the monument. Does the army have a monument maintenance unit? Will they bring soldiers to prune? Syntagma Square, which is right below, got its name just under 200 years ago from a Greek uprising against a monarchy that was ruthless and unbridled. And that’s how Syntagma Square came to be. We got a Constitution from the kings. ND should be taking exams from the great social majority. Normally Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ message should have said sorry to Mr. Routsis because he hadn’t said anything for a month and sorry for the ordeal he underwent to do the obvious. But instead, he’s taking exams from Mrs. Latinopoulou. The country is governed by Mrs. Latinopoulou, various toxic journalists talking about tantrums, Mr. Pleuris and Mr. Georgiadis. This is Trumpism Greek-style.”
