“I am very well. I face everything with a smile. Maybe I am not so relevant to the issue of the abuse of women, because in my environment I have not faced such phenomena” said Dimitris Papanotas speaking to the journalists, a few days after the decision of Stefanos Kasselakis not to include him in the European ballot of SYRIZA.
In fact, Dimitris Papanotas did not fail to make some clarifications about his statement, which ultimately cost him his candidacy in the European elections with SYRIZA.
“However, I expect some ladies who have raised the banner of metoo, such as Mrs. Bekatorou, Mrs. Dounia, Mrs. Nicolaidi, Mrs. Ahtsioglou, Mrs. Maggira, Mrs. Bakodimou, I expect, apart from the rhetoric and the defense of political correctness, to take action on substance. Identifying the problems, especially when we are sitting in ministerial chairs, does not help”…
And Dimitris Papanotas continued:
“I don’t want to repeat what I have done to defend abused women. I want to see what other people who consider me a misogynist and a racist do. And those who forget some key words from my statements, will be faced with lawsuits and lawsuits.”
And in closing, he clarified about his controversial statement:
“When you asked me and I gave that answer, it was in the context of a brief statement. Those who distort my statements and abuse them should also wait for my reaction.”
