PASOK launched a sharp attack on Alexis Tsipras on August 10, responding to his interview with in.gr and disputing both his claims of conflict with economic interests and his policy announcements.
The party, based on Charilaou Trikoupi street, called it laughable that the former prime minister claimed to have clashed and would continue clashing with vested interests. PASOK said he leads not a party but an anonymous company whose shareholders are domestic oligarchs, with himself as managing director.
Criticism Over Transparency Claims
PASOK called Tsipras's statement that his party, ELAS, would be the most financially transparent in politics the joke of the summer, saying he stubbornly refuses to disclose the revenue funding his multimillion euro campaign.
The party also attacked his record as prime minister, saying he had reintroduced himself as a compromised Maduro seeking a second chance, after four years as prime minister marked by illusions and another term as a nonexistent official opposition.
Accusations of Copying Policy
PASOK accused Tsipras of copy pasting its proposals on the Public Power Corporation, the cost of living and housing. It said it awaited with interest an explanation for his alignment with New Democracy policies on red loans, private universities and the overperformance of indirect tax revenue.
The party's statement concluded that the country's future is neither a Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked by corruption nor a Tsipras marked by entanglement with interests, saying both men carry commitments and dependencies.
