It seems that Alexis Tsipras, declaring his goal to be “political change and a change in policy.”
“We want to—and will do—everything in our power to ensure that the Coalition can bring about political change and a change in policy. “Through collective effort, camaraderie, and dedication, without ever distancing ourselves from the people we seek to represent,” said Alexis Tsipras during the first meeting with the sector heads of ELAS today, the anniversary of the announcement of the referendum of 2015.
It attempted once again to claim the supposedly pure intentions of its project for the future of the country, shifting from the “moral high ground” of Left of SYRIZA to a “new ethics of politics”, which he characterized as “another example of political participation and action.”
The former prime minister—the one who, among other things, is also burdened with anti-democratic practices in the internal workings of his former party, SYRIZA, not to mention the “kolotoumba” of the referendum—said that “we want to set, as a political movement but also as individuals, another example of political participation and action.” What the new party is seeking is “a new kind of party participation today and exercise of power tomorrow, which will challenge in practice and in the clearest possible way the stereotype that everyone is the same”, to build “a different relationship between citizens and politics,” he added.
In this vein, he asserted that “but we want to set, both as a political movement and as individuals, a different example of political participation and action. I would call it a new ethics of politics. One that does not bow to the allure of power,” advocating a form of “party participation today and the exercise of power tomorrow, which will challenge in practice and in the clearest possible way the stereotype that everyone is the same.”
Finally, he appeared as the defender of the people —the very people who showed him the door out of the country’s leadership—claiming that he would solve the problems he failed to resolve during his time in government.
“The people are waiting for answers regarding their children’s schools and education amid the high cost of schooling, regarding hospitals and public health, about their working conditions and wages, about the future of their businesses, and about their security,” he said.
In what appears to be a distorted interpretation of both reality and the polls, Alexis Tsipras claimed that“Mr. Mitsotakis’s political circle has clearly come to an end” and called on his associates to be prepared because they will need to “break with vested interests and entrenched mindsets,” which will “clash with the desire of a few to maintain their privileges,” when it is evident that economic interests have recently been “pushing” the former prime minister.
