Addressing an event where he had been invited in Lamia on Saturday, Costas Arvanitis, the director of SYRIZA-backed "Sto Kokkino" radio station, commented on some reports in the French media, according to which Samaras had apparently attempted to use the Charlie Hebdo massacre to serve his anti-immigration agenda during the election campaign.
"They (the government) are building fear... instead of telling us what happened and why it happened, he was telling us what will happen if [SYRIZA] comes to power. And of course it's not a coincidence the title used by the French media: 'It's hard to be loved by a wanker'," Arvanitis said and added, "this comment is unfortunately for the country's prime minister. And it's very tough on me to be calling the prime minister of my country a wanker. And the problem is not that they're saying it, it's that he is," he added.During an election speech in the city of Halkida, in Evia, on Jan. 7, Samaras spoke about the massacre, and slammed SYRIZA's proposal to grant Greek nationality to immigrants living in Greece.
"Some people in Greece have not realised it, SYRIZA wants to hand out nationalities and insurance to all immigrants. You see what is happening in Europe. Today in Paris we had a massacre with 12 dead and here some people are inviting foreign immigrants."Following the comment, government spokesman Stefanos Anagnostou and New Democracy spokeswoman Maria Spyraki both demanded Arvanitis' resignation saying his behaviour was "unthinkable".
Replying to Spyraki, Arvanitis said that the fact that she is demanding his resignation only reveals the government's continuous policy of attempting to silence criticism in the press which has led Greece at the bottom of the worldwide list in freedom of speech.
(Editor's Comment: What he did not say, however, is that he is one of the cry-babies who lost a fat state pay check when ERT closed down. And.. he did not dare criticize his party leader Alexis Tsipras of becoming chummy chummy with the Greek Orthodox Church, when we all know that Alexis has confessed that he is an atheist. Obviously Samaras is going to use it for political gain... didn't Alexis' appearance at the Piraeus port on Epiphany day aim for the same thing? The releasing of the dove from an atheist next to the Archbishop of Greece was priceless. LOL. Arvanitis should think before he speaks because if he wants to exercise criticism against the Greek premier then he should do this with solid arguments about national issues... Ever wonder why SYRIZA does not dare to address any of our public issues? But wait... SYRIZA does not address issues related to our security either, in fact some of its MPs not only applaud terrorists -such as certain members of November 17- they also want to disarm the Greek police force. And let us not even touch the subject of immigration because SYRIZA wants to legalize all the illegal immigrants in this country! Instead of addressing issues like this, Arvanitis chose to go with personal blow below the belt, a predictable Leftist strategy. Another thing that he did wrong, in our opinion, is that he gave a reason to the foreign press to criticize Greece. HellasFrappe believes that when we as citizens step foot out of Greece our hands and feet should not have a political color, but only the ethnic colors of blue and white. Finally, this former ERT reporter should also get accustomed to the Greek proverb "χεσε ψηλα και αγναντευε" - or to put it into simple terms in English... sh**t high and watch . Meaning: that he should expect criticism for his words because when you sh**t high and watch , sooner or later it is going to come flying down straight on your face.)
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