“Cowardly scum“ is how Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevrys characterized “Loukas” of the “17 November” terrorist organization, Dimitris Koufontinas, on the 36th anniversary of the assassination of Pavlos Bakoyannis.
Plevrys on Bakoyannis assassination: Cowardly scum and murderer Koufontinas
The Minister of Migration and Asylum, intervening in Parliament during parliamentary oversight, emphasized: “Today marks 36 years since the assassination of Pavlos Bakoyannis by the terrorist Koufontinas. By a criminal, a coward, who learned to kill with a gun without having the courage to look his victims in the eye“.
He then argued that “he proved he is a coward, because when he blackmailed the state with a hunger strike, when he saw that his demands were not being met, he stopped it. Because these people know how to kill humans, but they don’t risk their own lives. Koufontinas is where he belongs, as is fitting for all those who deprive spouses of their partners and fathers from their children. Those who strike at democracy. His place is there and some people should stop coddling him“.
Sia Anagnostopoulou reacted
The minister’s statements provoked a strong reaction from New Left MP Sia Anagnostopoulou, who was shouting, though what she was saying could not be heard. “No, he is not a political prisoner. He is a murderer. I see you’re bothered just because I said you coddle him. The murderer Koufontinas, whose youth wing held marches shouting that November 17 was born. Koufontinas whom you gave leave to, whom you went to visit. He is scum, a murderer who is where he deserves to be“, the Minister of Migration and Asylum responded angrily.
