PM Mitsotakis: I hope we can adopt a common line on how to address the essence of the problem
"I wish and hope that at the end of this discussion we are able to adopt a common line on how to address the essence of the problem. Let's examine together how our institutional framework will deal more effectively with these phenomena," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday in Parliament, referring to the emergence of the Greek #MeToo movement, in his address during the debate on the quality of democracy and public discourse.
"We had a wave of revelations after the reports made by Sofia Bekatorou," Mitsotakis said, and explained that he had asked for the parliamentary debate "because this cleansing process is at risk of losing its purpose and becoming, instead, an arena for party confrontation. As if crime has colour or shame an ideology."
According to the prime minister, dealing with these phenomena requires cooperation between the state and citizens, state action in accordance to the rule of law and the reaction of societal law. "It is not a coincidence that all this started in our country with the testimony of Sofia Bekatorou on January 16, at an event of the General Directorate of Sports, an initiative that I welcomed immediately," Mitsotakis stressed.
"The #MeToo movement started four years ago in America. In Greece, it appeared in 2021. Today the silence has broken and it is the turn of action to break through the inertia," the prime minister said.
"For a month now, society has been in a state of shock. The common defence is a movement of liberation. And yet in the past few days the protagonists are not the victims. A new wave of populism and vague accusations is being promoted. As if the rapists are divided into left and right. This descent derails the Greek "#MeToo" issue.
