ELAS mocks Floridis for repeating the joke that ‘the system’ is fighting Mitsotakis

ELAS responded sarcastically to Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis after he described political “systems” as working to weaken Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

In an interview with Skai, Floridis said networks behind the promotion of different political figures had previously tested Maria Karystianou, Nikos Androulakis and Alexis Tsipras. He said they may now hope that former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will form a party, take votes from New Democracy and prevent it from winning a single-party majority.

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Now their hope is that Mr. Samaras might form a party and take something away from New Democracy.

“Now their hope is that Mr. Samaras might form a party and take something away from New Democracy,” Floridis said.

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The system is fighting Mitsotakis.

ELAS, the group associated with Alexis Tsipras, accused Floridis of repeating what it called a successful joke: that the system is fighting Mitsotakis and trying to “get rid of him.” It said the claim would be more convincing if Floridis named the people or interests included in the system. The group also questioned how Mitsotakis had secured what it described as unprecedented protection and media dominance.

ELAS concluded by suggesting that Floridis send the joke, translated, to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. The group said the office was investigating alleged hostile relationships between Mitsotakis’s government and powerful interests.

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We suggest that he send the joke translated to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.