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Samaras to Mitsotakis: Worry about your own legacy, you are the prime minister of high prices and corruption

From Kathimerini · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attacked Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an on-camera statement.
  • Samaras said the Mitsotakis family should not decide who has the expertise to protect the party and accused Mitsotakis of presiding over high prices and corruption.
  • He referred to the 800,000 Greeks who previously elected a leader he said had the expertise to save the country from bankruptcy.

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has delivered a sharp attack on Kyriakos Mitsotakis, telling him to worry about his own legacy.

In an on-camera statement, Samaras said the question of who has the expertise to harm the political faction should not be decided by the Mitsotakis family, but by the partyโ€™s voters.

The question of who has the expertise to harm the faction is not decided by the Mitsotakis family but by the people of the faction.

· Antonis SamarasSamaras argued that party voters, rather than the Mitsotakis family, should decide who has the expertise to lead or protect the political faction.

He pointed to the time when 800,000 Greeks elected a leader with what he called real expertise in saving the country from bankruptcy. Samaras said Mitsotakis was disregarding those voters and described him as โ€œthe prime minister of high prices and corruption.โ€

the prime minister of high prices and corruption

· Antonis SamarasSamaras used the phrase to characterize Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his criticism.
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