Tsipras: The 7 Basic Commitments
With today’s Declaration, we address all Greek women and all Greek men, and we place before them seven fundamental Commitments:
First: We commit ourselves to a life of dignity.
Second: We commit ourselves to a strong Democracy without Immunities.
To transparency and accountability at every level of power and public spending.
Third: We commit ourselves to a strong economy of fair development and dignity.
To changing the productive model with emphasis on agricultural production and manufacturing.
Fourth: We commit ourselves to a Social State of Rights against profiteering.
So that healthcare, education, social protection, housing, and culture once again become rights for all, and not privileges for the few.
Fifth: We commit ourselves to a resilient Greece in a world of constant crises.
To protection and security against crises, energy insecurity, and the extreme consequences of climate change.
Sixth: We commit ourselves to Digital Democracy and Sovereignty.
To national technological infrastructures safeguarded by sovereignty clauses.
Seventh: We commit ourselves to a Strong Greece that defends its rights and builds bridges of Peace.
To a new National Compass with a return to a multidimensional and active foreign policy.
“In times of drought, even hail is welcome.”
Alexis Tsipras. The only hope at this moment for securing temporary shelter for the population after the total Mitsotakis-style flattening of the country. How did the dark and cruel fate of this land bring things to this point? Or perhaps “every people gets the leaders it deserves”? Yes, History assures us so.
The country was demolished from one end to the other after the great Mitsotakis earthquake of 7 Richter (measured in years). Yet the destruction it caused could have been less severe if those entrusted with anti-seismic responsibility had fortified the country.
Instead, they either hid in silence or waged factional wars among themselves. Worse still, they posed for photographs holding useless protection and safety programs in their hands. They all have names and surnames. And all of them bore the label of anti-right-wing politics — but with the wrong spelling.
It is too late now, of course. The country lies in ruins. Alexis Tsipras promises that, if nothing else, he can at least set up “tents” and “camps” for the suffering people. We no longer hope for a new reconstruction.
He was tested in building, and when things became difficult, he abandoned the effort. Let him at least offer this minimum service. It is a matter of life and death for the country.