Aftershocks that further reveal the murky landscape of the far-right parliamentary wing continue to cause the extreme episode between the independent MP Konstantinos Floros and the member of parliament of the Hellenic Solution Vassilis Grammenos.
K. Floros after the his apology to the investigator for the violent attack he launched on Tuesday in the Parliament, he was released on the condition that he keep a distance of at least 50 meters from V. Grammenos.
The observance of the specific measure within the Parliament she is not strong while the worry of repeating one hot episode leads the presidium of the Parliament to consider a time extension of the 15-day forced abstinence from any parliamentary work that it has imposed on K. Floros with a parallel proportional cut of the parliamentary compensation.
In this context, the bureau is also studying the possibility of amending the Rules of Procedure by introducing strict disciplinary provisions for extreme anti-parliamentary behavior.
It should be noted that K. Floros, upon his exit from the Evelpidon courts, expressed remorse for his extreme behavior and the violent attack on the Hellenic Solution MP, however he insisted on the allegations that V. Grammenos vulgarly abused his mother.
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Political and Ecclesiastical fire against Velopoulos
At the same time his admonitions Kyriakos Velopoulos to ND MPs to avoid churches during Holy Week in order not to “give a hand to extreme circles” caused the strong reaction of the other parties as well as the Church. A similar statement was made by Niki MP Nikos Papadopoulos, who, trying to justify the attack against the ND MP in Kavala inside a holy temple, said “Do you dare to go to the churches? When the vast majority are hacked and silenced we will have things like this. Even inside the Church, believers are starting to hand out cufflinks.”
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Metropolitan Dimitrias Ignatios: Provocative and unacceptable Velopoulos, his exhortation will not resonate
THE Metropolitan Demetrias Ignatios commenting on the statements of Velopoulos he said “I think it’s clear provocative and unacceptable» to complete “let me say this, although I don’t usually speak in such a way, but no one can talk about the Church space in this way and actually urging things to be done, that’s what comes out in the end. We all know language, as we use words. But I think that in the end it has no impact, especially for the people who will be at the services these days. There is no way that a person who comes to the meek and humble heart of Jesus, to the Bridegroom Christ, to the one who forgives His crusaders, will ever want to use the space of the Church and indeed of worship, to react to something with which he does not agree , with a politician. I think that such exhortations should be avoided and I am very sorry, because when one wants to lead people as a person in charge, one cannot lead in such situations.”
Mitsotakis: Velopoulos’ statements are unacceptable and divisive
The subject was also mentioned by Kyriakos Mitsotakis according to interview in the SKAI news bulletin. “The commercialization of the Christian faith is as if there is some – how shall we say it? – “Christian meter”, which will be able to measure the intensity of everyone’s faith in order for someone to enter a church, a temple to pray. And the veiled threats, because we are talking about threats… the exhortations, essentially, to those who may have made a specific parliamentary choice not to visit the churches on Easter days. These are unacceptable divisive statements. Under no circumstances can these people claim to represent Christianity and faith. I think they got very harsh but, I would say, correct and substantiated answers from the Church itself” the prime minister said characteristically while in another he mentioned on the occasion of the extreme episode in the Parliament he said “whoever saw exactly what happened yesterday in the Parliament – and I am not only referring to the punches, but also to the incredible insults uttered by the victim of the attack – understands, I think, and reaches conclusions as to whether these parties can claim to be authentic representatives of faith but also of patriotism. Because we talk a lot about “responsible patriotism”. There are many “jalanji” patriots, of fresh water. But in the end, patriotism is a difficult exercise, which is proven in deeds and not in easy words.”
Famellos: What Mr. Velopoulos uttered is an indirect threat
Velopoulos’ statements were also condemned by the head of SYRIZA’s KO Socrates Famellos. “I consider that what Mr. Velopoulos uttered in the Parliament was an indirect threat and in fact attempting to take advantage of the religious beliefs of the world” note features to add “We must never involve the faith and choice of citizens with politics. The democracies of Europe have made this clear. We cannot limit the free functioning of society because of either political beliefs or religious beliefs and there can be threats to someone’s participation in religious functions or eg in parades. There have been attempts from time to time to exploit values for vote-hunting reasons, not only by Mr. Velopoulos but also by the ND. Obviously we also condemn the threat of Mr. Velopoulos”.
Androulakis: they insult the Christian faith, allegedly selling “letters” of Jesus
PASOK leader accused Kyriaki Velopoulos of heretical practices Nikos Androulakis. “It cannot be accepted that political leaders decide, as if they are traffic police of religion, who can and who cannot go to churches on these holy days for Orthodoxyhe said to continue “I want to say that they are the same ones who did not hesitate to insult the Christian faith, selling supposedly “letters” of Jesus. And I really ask the official Greek Church: Is it or is it not heretical for someone to falsify even the official doctrine of our Orthodox faith for a few votes? Because in the end we will go crazy. Some things have a limit and unfortunately some in this room have crossed the line. Undermining right reason, undermining principles and values and traditions of the Greek people. It is the duty of all parliamentarians who are democrats, who serve the Greek people with faith, with principles, with values, to isolate these extreme elements, which tarnish the Greek Parliament”.
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