Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni returns to the issue of joint custody of children through social media, indirectly responding to accusations she faces. Specifically, Olga Kefalogianni chose to repost a user’s post that highlights her previous stance on the matter, when in 2021 she had taken a critical position on the family law bill. Through reposting content from Eirini Papafilippou’s Facebook profile, Mrs. Kefalogianni gives another dimension against the accusations she faces for intervention for personal benefit, having caused intense controversy in the political arena.
Olga Kefalogianni’s repost of user content on joint child custody
The text she reposts refers to the minister’s parliamentary action when she was an MP, emphasizing her collaboration with the late Marietta Giannakou. According to the post, the two MPs had opposed specific mandatory joint custody regulations that Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras was promoting at the time. By adopting the content of Mrs. Papafilippou’s post, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni appears to insist on the position that the recent regulation incorporated into the OPEKEPE bill is correct. This stance is interpreted as a sense of vindication for her earlier opposition to the 2021 provisions.
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“Family comes above all”: Post from Olga Kefalogianni’s sister Christina on the joint custody issue
Christina Kefalogianni, sister of Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, made a public statement yesterday Friday, January 23, regarding the discussion that has opened around the joint custody provision and its use in the legal case concerning the minister’s two children and her divorce from Minos Matsas. In her post, Christina Kefalogianni refers to the importance of protecting children when their emotional, psychological and practical stability is at stake. She emphasizes that in such cases it is the parents’ obligation to act protectively against any factor that might expose them. Particular reference is made to voices that, as she points out, in the name of “victory” or personal satisfaction do not hesitate to expose the children themselves to malicious publicity. She underlines that in today’s era nothing remains forgotten and that the consequences of public exposure are lasting.
Christina Kefalogianni also refers to the fact that being a public figure can give third parties the opportunity to carry out threats, highlighting the dangers that can arise when private family matters are transferred to the public sphere. The post clearly states the position that family constitutes an absolute priority, above every other dimension of public discussion. She concludes by emphasizing that united they will face, as she characteristically states, the attempt to tarnish her sister’s name. Christina Kefalogianni’s message comes at a time of intense political and institutional reactions around the joint custody provision, adding a family and personal dimension to the ongoing public discussion.
In her post Christina Kefalogianni states:
When the emotional, psychological and practical stability of two innocent children’s lives is at stake, it is our obligation as parents to protect them. Especially against voices which in the name of “victory” or personal satisfaction, do not hesitate to ultimately expose the children themselves to malicious publicity. Because in today’s era, nothing remains forgotten. Being a public figure ultimately gives some others the opportunity to carry out their threats. For us, family comes above all! And together we will face this attempt to tarnish my sister’s name too!
