Tweet War - Georgiadis Slams Attica Governor for Ignoring Church Service on New Year’s Day

The election campaign has indeed kicked off and this is very profound in the social media. Conservative MP Adonis Georgiadis, who is known for his tweets, slammed (SYRIZA-backed) Attica Governor Rena Dourou in a message on Thursday for not attending a special church service that was held on New Year’s day. In an obvious attempt to include religion in the pre-election campaign, Georgiadis described Dourou's absence a "disgrace."

Dourou's absence comes as no surprise because she took a non-religious oath in parliament when she was sworn in as governor, and she has repeatedly declared her belief in the separation of church and state as have other SYRIZA MPs. The surprise, however, is that Gerogiadis used the issue of religion in the pre-election campaign.

The tweet war continued when her deputy, George Karameros. After receiving word of the ND spokesman's message, he justified her absence by sending his own tweet which claimed that she was at a civil protection meeting. He also did not hesitate to accuse Georgiadis of poaching for votes.

(He is right. Religion should be kept out of every election campaign.)

     “The church unites, you divide,” he told Georgiadis while Left.gr news site likened him  to an ‘inquisitoner’.

Georgiadis responded right away saying that Karameros and SYRIZA must learn to take criticism, but he did wish them a happy new year.