Political “fire”: Mitsotakis’ satisfaction and opposition attacks

Fierce political confrontation breaks out after extraordinary inter-ministerial meeting Under Kyriakos Mitsotakisthe climate crisis and the Ministry of Civil Protection. The prime minister said he was satisfied with the efforts made, sparking a strong reaction from the opposition, which spoke of the disintegration of the state and called for the removal of Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilia.

Mitsotakis satisfied

According to the source, the Prime Minister said at the meeting that “every year we try to get better, but unfortunately the conditions are becoming more and more difficult”. According to the same source, Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly expressed satisfaction with the great efforts made by the Civil Defence Forces on the ground and noted that coordination between co-mandated agencies and services has improved, which is an achievement of the state of its operation and its structure.

“We will not allow the significant efforts made this year in the field of civil protection to be deconstructed,” the Prime Minister stressed, noting that “we have full confidence in those responsible for the operational activities of air means”, while he stressed the fact that the allocation of air means is now carried out by officials who understand the subject and in accordance with specific operational criteria.

It is clear that the government is trying to downplay the fact that the fire that broke out in Varnavas spread to Chalandri and burned everything. People are also trying to downplay the damage caused by the fire. According to the inter-ministerial joint meeting, “less than 10% of the area burned is forest land” and the damaged buildings are “less than 100, most of which are not houses.”

Fierce attack from Katselakis

After the inter-ministerial meeting, Syriza President Stefanos Kasselakis Violent attack on the Prime Ministerand he has called for Kikilia to be fired.

“I did not believe it when I read it, but it explains why since the morning the propaganda has been trying to show signs of management success,” Katselakis said of Mitsotakis’s statements. “This is the new narrative of Mitsotakis: we will say how much we succeeded so that they forget how much we failed,” he noted in a post on social media, adding: “This is the difference between the first four years and the second four years. North Evia: after the declaration, “my compatriots” and lowered eyes. After the first fire in the urban fabric of Athens (after the first time everything burned down on a 40 km run): arrogance, conceit and an act of inversion of reality”.

“We will not allow the great efforts made this year in the field of civil protection to be undermined”, the Prime Minister added. Kyriakos Mitsotakis will not allow any of the affected, homeless citizens who lost their lives to destroy his legend. The myth of Greece 2.0 has become Greece’s zero point”, Mr. Katselakis noted: “Insufficient personnel, lack of equipment, completely ineffective coordination. This is Mitsotakis Civil Defence, of which he can be proud, but not every citizen who loves and cares for his homeland”.

Syriza: cowardice and incompetence

The Syriza party also launched an attack on the prime minister, accusing him of being “bold”. In a statement, Syriza stressed that Mr. Mitsotakis’s audacity and irresponsibility are unprecedented. “Really, the Mitsotakis government didn’t know the difficult conditions after five years? We had to wait until mid-August, when 100,000 acres of land in Attica and dozens of houses and businesses were burned, for him to realize this?” he added.

PaSoK: Mitsotakis incompetent and arrogant

PASOK-Change Movement commented on the inter-ministerial meeting held by the Ministry of Climate Crisis regarding the fires in northeastern Attica.

More specifically, in Harilaou Trikoupi, they focus on Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s satisfaction with the great efforts made on the hot front.

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement said in a related comment that “if the Prime Minister declared that he was satisfied in his first public statement after extinguishing the devastating fire in Halandri in Varnava, then there is only one comment left: inadequacy, intemperance and arrogance.”

“The incompetence of the Mitsotakis government is the most obvious problem and I hope we will be able to solve this problem in the next national elections. The minister in charge had to leave yesterday,” stressed Pavlos Gerolanos, the candidate for the presidency of the Panhellenic Socialist Party.