SYRIZA PM calls for a final blow to the bankrupt political system

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras told the Sunday edition of Greece’s newspaper, Ethnos, that Greek voters would not reinstate the “bankrupt” political system of the past and that SYRIZA will win the upcoming elections.

He said polls show that voters do not want the return of those that wanted to cover up “past sins, give back all that was won in the negotiations and hide the lists of tax evaders back in their drawers.”

Rather than see failure, he pointed out that SYRIZA’s seven months of governance had shown willingness, determination and a political plan that defends the interest of the majority.
Tsipras said his decision to call elections was unavoidable because his government had been overturned from within, by Leftist MPs. Asked about the possibility of collaborating with New Democracy in a coalition government, he said that the two parties would be unable to agree on policy and represented very different social interests.

“(Conservative main opposition ND is with (German Finance Minister Wolfgang) Schaeuble’s Europe. We are with the forces that wish for a social shift and a decoupling from neoliberal beliefs,” Tsipras said.

Speaking at Kalamata at the Peloponnese on Saturday, Tsipras appeared confident that his party will emerge victorious on September 20 and promised to form a “government …to unite our people in a major patriotic and democratic invitation, under the flag of equality and social justice.”

He noted that a big SYRIZA victory would signal a major change in Europe and mark a shift in the EU balance of power. He reiterated his intent to fight against those that wished to turn the country’s first Left government into a brief interlude.

“Next Sunday the people will deliver the final blow to the bankrupt political system of indecency, submission and inequality,” he said.