{"id":11626,"date":"2026-06-19T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:20:00","slug":"aris-portosalte-on-maria-karistianou-the-problems-are-under-wraps-and-were-just-passing-the-time-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11626","title":{"rendered":"Aris Portosalte on Maria Karistianou: The problems are under wraps, and we&#8217;re just passing the time (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"186\">     Aris Portosalte commented on Maria Karystianou, arguing that the main problems have been resolved and the discussion is being sidetracked. <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"4q1mbj\" data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"226\">     \u201cThe central issues have been settled\u201d <\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"507\">     Referring to the public debate surrounding <strong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"295\">Maria Karystianou<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"318\">Aris Portosalte<\/strong> weighed in during the broadcast of <strong data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"374\">\u201cToday\u201d<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"388\">SKAI<\/strong>, arguing that current events show that the country\u2019s fundamental problems have been largely addressed. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"686\">     As he characteristically noted, \u201c<strong data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"565\">all of this here where we live<\/strong>, it means that to a certain extent the <strong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"616\">key issues<\/strong> have been resolved. Because if they hadn\u2019t been resolved, we\u2019d be saying different things right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"927\">     Continuing his comment, he used his own expression, saying that, \u201cI use the <strong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"796\">local dialect<\/strong>,\u201d adding that, with the key issues \u201c<strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"863\">settled<\/strong>,\u201d anyone can express whatever they want in public discourse. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1175\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">     Concluding his remarks, the <strong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"979\">journalist<\/strong> remarked ironically that society and public discourse \u201c<strong data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1079\">we\u2019re having a great time<\/strong>,\u201d offering his own take on the tension that has built up around this particular issue. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">Portosalte on Karistianou: \u201cEverything we\u2019re going through here means that, to a certain extent, the core issues have been resolved. Because if they hadn\u2019t been resolved, we\u2019d be saying different things right now. So\u2014to use the local slang\u2014with the core issues settled, everyone can say whatever they want\u2014now don\u2019t\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/vAj6PI1xO0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomanifesto.gr (@tomanifesto) June 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Aris Portosalte commented on Maria Karistianou, arguing that the main problems have been resolved and that the discussion is being sidetracked.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11626","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\/11626","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=11626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}