War of words between SYRIZA, New Democracy over political violence
'ND’s response to the prime minister’s criticism of extreme-right violence, which the main opposition hosts in its basements and in its highest echelons, is a characteristic example of bigotry, which presages thuggish attacks such as the one against Boutaris,' SYRIZA declared
Fierce recriminations have broken out between SYRIZA and New Democracy after the PM blamed, in a speech to his cabinet, the main opposition party of being indirectly responsible for the mob attack against Thessaloniki Mayor Yannis Boutaris, on 19 May.
In a statement, SYRIZA attempted to link ND to the extreme-right deep state’s murderous attack against left-wing icon and MP Grigoris Lambrakis in May, 1963.
“Mr. Mitsotakis should learn to distinguish the words of politics and of polemics from the revving up of the three-wheel automobile [that was used to run over Lambrakis],” SYRIZA’s statement declared.
“ND’s response to the prime minister’s criticism of extreme-right violence, which the main opposition hosts in its basements and in its highest echelons, is a characteristic example of bigotry, which presages thuggish attacks such as the one against Boutaris, and prods in that direction,” the statement said.
Prior to that, ND had issued a withering statement against SYRIZA after the PM linked New Democracy to the attack on Boutaris.
“It was he [Tsipras] and his party that led the charge and fueled violence in [the widespread riots of] 2008. He and his party announced that gallows [for the government] would be set up in Syntagma Square, and spoke about Nazi collaborators,” ND’s statement read.
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