The blue “Enceladus” struck on Wednesday afternoon. The “seismographs” of New Democracy had recorded some vibrations in the previous period and although they were watching carefully they had not raised an alarm. However, the “Samaritan fault” woke up and caused an “earthquake of several Richter magnitudes” which, centered on Piraeus, was felt as far as the Maximos Palace. Memories of ’93 also woke up for the older ones.
The public feud between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Antonis Samaras caused many discussions. It was perhaps the main topic of discussion in the wells of MPs and not only the blue ones. VIMA listened carefully to what the blue MPs were whispering to each other.
“Embarrassment”, with this word the MP describes how he felt from the public confrontation. “We saw what was happening to SYRIZA and PASOK, but I was surprised that there was an exchange of “fire” with us too,” he admits. The MP considers himself a neutral observer without belonging to any faction. As he explains, everyone had placed bets on the fight between Mitsotakis and Androulakis, but in the end the “match” took a different turn.
Another MP who belongs to the Samaritan bloc considers Antonis Samaras to have won. “Maximos didn’t answer anything to what he said about the Greek-Turkish, he was content with no comment,” he noted meaningfully. “Anyone who knows the former prime minister knows that he was preparing the answer while Kyriakos Mitsotakis was speaking,” said another MP from the blue faction.
Both commented, however, that there was no substantial response from Maximou on the issue raised by the former prime minister, that is, what is being discussed with Ankara. An answer, indirectly, also came from Giorgos Gerapetritis, who, speaking in the Parliament, underlined that there is no secrecy in Greek-Turkish.
“Samaras is shooting himself in the foot”
“He has misinterpreted it,” said a blue-collar member of parliament who belongs to the so-called Mitsotaki block for Antonis Samaras. He noticed at the same time that there is a different approach to former prime ministers and presidents and this, as he claims, is because: “Kostas Karamanlis does not want to harm the faction”.
“Samaras is shooting himself in the foot, but also the feet of the faction,” notes another blue MP. “That’s Antonis’ temperament”, says a member of parliament talking to his colleague. “To leave again? It’s not possible. Second Apostasy? It’s a long time,” retorts a third colleague while they drink their coffee. Another MP says that Antonis Samaras “is a doer, but he has a behavior problem. He might be annoyed because he doesn’t like the good evening you said to him.”
Some argue with meaning that people who were once on the side of Antonis Samaras in the summer of 23 in the national elections supported the Spartans and in fact by publicly posting them on social media. In the European elections, other people supported Aphrodite Latinopoulou, they add. And at the same time, as they say, the attitude of the former prime minister has also disturbed Cypriot MPs and officials.
Stand by…
The remarkable thing is, however, that the two warring sides, so to speak, say the same thing. They are waiting for the “opponent”. In other words, a blue MP of the Samaritan Front says that the continuation of the conflict depends on what will happen on the Greek-Turkish side after the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and what actions the government will take. MPs who support Kyriakos Mitsotakis, say that the prime minister’s next moves “will be judged according to what Samaras will do”.
In any case, what all sides come to is that despite the public opposition, there will be no problem in the government’s cohesion. “Neither Samaras wants to overthrow Mitsotakis, nor Mitsotakis to expel Samaras”, emphasized an experienced blue executive to his anxious colleagues shortly before saying goodbye to them for the three days of October 28.
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