Shades of a political “comeback” were in the air over central
Shades of a political “comeback” were in the air over central Athens on Wednesday evening with the unveiling of a book by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras with his address at a well-attended and heavily covered event.
Tsipras, the leftist prime minister from 2015 to 2019, who subsequently lost twice – and convincingly – to incumbent Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the latter’s conservative New Democracy (ND), declared himself “proud” for his coalition government, while lobbing criticism at the current government but also at the SYRIZA party he once led. After including main opposition PASOK, he charged that their “… concern is who will be first in the village,” while declaring himself “proud and unrepentant.”
“Yes, that’s the right word, proud; proud of the determination, honesty, and selflessness of our journey. Proud because we, the inexperienced, who had no connections and no one to support us, succeeded where the professionals in power failed. Proud because we finally reached Ithaca,” he said characteristically.
Months after resigning his deputy’s seat in parliament, Tsipras went on to add his memoirs, entitled “Ithaca”, is not a book of self-congratulation or self-affirmation, but “honest criticism and self-criticism at my journey, our journey. The
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