Spyros Dritsas, a former member of LAE led by Panagiotis Lafazanis and the new head of the Health Sector of ELAS, held unusual political views before joining the party of Alexis Tsipras.
Alexis Tsipras gathered officials from wherever he could to show that he was creating something like a progressive front, but he ended up with people who had either previously criticized him or held unorthodox political views. Of course, you can’t really expect anything different from the former prime minister’s circle.
Spyros Dritsas, the health sector head of ELAS, is probably a prime example of both situations. On the one hand, because he previously spoke of the need for Greece to leave the European Union and the euro. On the other hand, because he had harshly criticized SYRIZA.
As he had stated earlier at a party event “We cannot continue with the imperialist mechanisms into which we are integrated. Because they are mechanisms of destruction, exploitation, and the fascistization of societies, as evidenced by the latest developments in Ukraine. Let’s break free. Let’s leave both the euro and the European Union.”
He accused SYRIZA and the KKE
In fact, the new head of the Hellenic Police accused both the KKE as well as SYRIZA. He claimed that the two parties are spouting nonsense about healthcare.
Has anything really changed now that he’s joined ELAS under Alexis Tsipras? Has he changed his mind about the European Union and the euro? Does he want European funds for the National Health System?
We all understand that, once again, the former prime minister’s choices aren’t serious—he’s simply looking for officials from other left-wing parties, beyond SYRIZA, to show that he has support.
As Spyros Dritsas stated, among other things “In other words, don’t think that the KKE, for example, or the Coalition—beyond their reformist delusions or their messianic posturing—have any real views on healthcare. In reality, they spout a lot of nonsense about many things.”
