Kostas Bakoyannis

The government usually acts as if it were the hegemonic and dominant political force of the country.

The hegemony they are touting is not real. Citizens exhibit and reveal a different story in all their actions ahead of upcoming local, European Parliament, and national elections.

The jurisdiction over the Pedion tou Areos, one of the capital's biggest parks, must be passed from the Attica Regional Authority to the City of Athens, according to the conservative candidate for Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis.
"I cannot imagine how a regional governor can manage Pedion tou Areos. In contrast, a mayor could intervene in a substantial way," he said on Saturday.

A decision by prison authorities to grant a fresh two-day furlough to convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas triggered a reaction from New Democracy lawmaker Dora Bakoyannis, whose husband, Pavlos Bakoyannis, was gunned down by the radical Marxist group outside his downtown Athens office in 1989.

A decision by prison authorities to grant a two-day furlough to convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas raised a storm of reactions on Thursday, foremost from New Democracy lawmaker Dora Bakoyannis, whose husband, Pavlos Bakoyannis, was gunned down by the radical Marxist group outside his downtown Athens office in 1989.

"I heard you spoke, in a civilized manner, with the murderer of my father!" was how the office-holder son of an assassinated politician addressed a leftist SYRIZA MP this week in his office.