{"id":10443,"date":"2026-06-12T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10443"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:59:00","slug":"pavlos-marinakis-unprecedented-toxicity-in-parliament-konstantopoulous-tactics-are-deeply-damaging-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10443","title":{"rendered":"Pavlos Marinakis: Unprecedented toxicity in Parliament \u2013 Konstantopoulou\u2019s tactics are deeply damaging (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b>Pavlos Marinakis<\/b> launched a scathing <b>attack <\/b>against the president of <b>Freedom Movement<\/b>, <b>Zoe Konstantopoulou<\/b>, denouncing the instrumentalization of parliamentary debate with the sole aim of creating viral content on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The government spokesperson, <b>Pavlos Marinakis<\/b>, criticizing the stance of specific factions of the <b>opposition<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Mr. Marinakis painted a grim picture of the situation prevailing in the plenary sessions, referring to an <b>unprecedented slide into toxicity and the personal destruction of political opponents<\/b>. As he pointed out, \u201c<b>what we are experiencing is unprecedented, especially during this four-year term. And I don\u2019t know where all this will lead. Some in Parliament come here to fight. The language now being used in Parliament is beyond description<\/b>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">According to the government spokesperson, the root of the problem lies in the attempt by certain political leaders to sacrifice seriousness and the real problems of citizens on the altar of digital reach and impressions. He argued that <b>the transformation of the parliamentary floor into a stage for a media spectacle is done with a clear objective, noting that \u201cthe easiest way to become temporarily popular is to upload a short video\u2014it tells you, \u2018I\u2019m going to go viral\u2019\u201d<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In this context, Mr. <b>Marinakis <\/b>launched a <b>direct and personal attack against the president of the Freedom Movement<\/b>, citing as examples her recent behavior in parliament and the accusations she leveled against members of the cabinet. \u201c<b>A classic Konstantopoulou scenario: she makes a scene, shouts, and accuses. Yesterday she said that Papastergiou is linked to the tragic Violanta case<\/b>,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">Marinakis: \u201cWhat we are experiencing is unprecedented, especially during this four-year term. And I don\u2019t know where all this will lead. Some in Parliament are there just to pick a fight. The language being used in Parliament these days is beyond description. The easiest way to become temporarily popular,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/SXGS4pJpJh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomanifesto.gr (@tomanifesto) June 12, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Concluding his remarks, <b>Pavlos Marinakis<\/b> issued a stern warning to those who adopt these practices, emphasizing that <b>populism and digital cannibalism ultimately undermine the institutions themselves and the country\u2019s progress. \u201cThis fleeting trend is deeply harmful both to you personally and to the country<\/b>,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pavlos Marinakis launched a scathing attack against the president of the Freedom Movement, Zoi Konstantopoulou, accusing her of exploiting &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}