It seems that Zoe Konstantopoulou<\/b> has confused being a political leader with being a sheriff<\/b> in low-budget western<\/b>. <\/p>\n
Her latest “feat” at the Athenian Club<\/b>, just before the lunch in honor of the Ecumenical Patriarch<\/b>, was not just another burst of authoritarianism<\/b>, but a monument to political picturesqueness<\/b> that would be the envy of even the most ardent devotees of totalitarianism.<\/p>\n
The lady who was elected by handing out hearts<\/b> and promises of “love”, decided to honor Patriarch Bartholomew by calling for arrests<\/b> on live TV. In her sights, journalist Vasiliki Polyzou<\/b>, who committed the “crime” of being on site as an accredited editor to do her job. <\/p>\n
But for the president of the Eleuthera Party, journalistic status is apparently a detail that yields to her personal rage<\/b>.<\/p>\n
With rhetoric that harkens back to dark ages, Mrs. Konstantopoulou described the journalist as a “criminal element” and a member of a “criminal organisation”<\/b>, demanding that the Speaker of Parliament turn into an instrument of her personal vendetta. It’s no wonder: at the next official event she will call for the reintroduction of the guillotine for anyone she doesn’t like<\/b><\/p>\n
The response of Nikita Kaklamanis<\/b> (“But, he’s a journalist”) was the voice of common sense in the face of delirium<\/b>. But common sense is an unfamiliar word to someone who thinks Parliament and public spaces are extensions of her office<\/b>.<\/p>\n
As the president of Liberty Front<\/b> continues to see “criminals<\/b>” everywhere and to call for arrests<\/b> between the appetizers and the main course, the more she will confirm that her political presence is reduced to a sterile and toxic performance<\/b>. <\/p>\n
Democracy requires sobriety and dialogue<\/b>, elements that seem to be conspicuously ignored by one who sees herself as the sole arbiter of morality and legitimacy<\/b>, turning every public appearance into a compassionate show of authoritarianism<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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