The ELAS party of Alexis Tsipras has launched a fierce attack against Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, prompted by a radio interview in which he drew comparisons between Greece in 2015 and the country’s current standing within the Eurogroup. ELAS accuses the minister of attempting to “rewrite history,” alleging that he deliberately omits key facts about who was responsible for the country’s bankruptcy and “who pulled it out of the swamp.”
In its official statement, the Hellenic Left Alliance personally targets Kyriakos Pierrakakis, recalling his political journey from the Central Committee of PASOK to New Democracy, describing his move as a leap into Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s “golden inner circle.” The party also labels him a “central figure in the digital showcase of Maximos Mansion,” linking him to direct government contracts and the funding of the Predator spyware scandal.
“Now we’ve learned he also excels as a historian,” ELAS remarks sharply, responding to the minister’s claim that in 2015 there was “Tsipras’s Greece,” which risked being expelled from the Eurogroup, whereas today there is “Mitsotakis’s Greece,” which presides over it.
ELAS: “This is your Greece, Mr. Pierrakakis — far from the truth and close to the cash register”
Alexis Tsipras’s party turns the government’s argument on its head, asserting that today’s right-wing Greece “presides” over low wages, corruption, the undermining of the rule of law, and the “paralysis of democracy.”
The same statement also references the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, with ELAS claiming that Greece holds a “top position” in the relevant case lists. “This is your Greece, Mr. Pierrakakis. Far from the truth and close to the cash register,” the statement pointedly reads.
In closing, ELAS seeks to frame the confrontation in broader political terms, presenting Alexis Tsipras’s new party as the answer to the current government.
“The Greece of justice and integrity is coming, no matter how many lies you conjure up,” the statement concludes.
