The need for seriousness in public discourse, the government’s commitment to its work and the counterbalance between government consistency and anti-political toxicity, Alexandra Sdoukou spoke to OPEN.
In response to a question about which party New Democracy would prefer as an opponent, Sdoukou clarified that “she does not choose an opponent. It would be arrogant, to say the least, to tell people who we want for second and third. Our duty is to say what we do as a government, why we do it, where we aim and whether we have implemented what we promised.”
She pointed out that between the government and citizens “there is a relationship of trust, with political accountability and commitment to our work at its core. These will motivate citizens, even if they are currently undecided or dissatisfied, to support us for a new strong mandate.”
Reflecting on the stance of the opposition parties, the New Democracy spokeswoman stressed that “the toxicity that they used to hurl against the government is now being hurled at each other. On the one hand, Mr. Tsipras wants to rewrite his past, he is attempting a rebranding that cannot, however, hide his positions and achievements; on the other hand, in PASOK his leader adopted extreme phrases against us and now his executives are moving in this way against parties under foundation”.
Sdoukou stressed that “we see absolutely openly MEPs and Syria cadres going to events of another party under foundation. This is a demonstration of a profoundly amoral behaviour, an unprecedented superstitious behaviour.”
The New Democracy spokeswoman said that the position of PASOKis hypocritical on the issue of the constitutional revision, pointing out that “executives representing the opposition party have said that they will not vote for the revision, not even those articles that we can all agree on. This is an admission of future defeat, because if they thought they would win as they say, they would like to be able to have the first say in the management of the revision. But it’s clear by this attitude that even they don’t believe in the rhetoric of winning by one vote, it’s an admission that they too foresee that they will be defeated.”
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