Charitsis describes the prime minister’s statement on the American bombings and the forcible removal of Venezuela’s president as “shameful and dangerous,” arguing that the matter goes far beyond routine political criticism.

“Political criticism alone is not enough,” he stresses, explaining that the New Left is taking institutional action to compel the government to present its official position clearly.

In his question to the prime minister, Charitsis poses two central issues:

• whether the government intends to explicitly condemn the US military intervention and the violent removal of Venezuela’s president, in defence of international law and the UN Charter
• how Mitsotakis’ public statements can be reconciled with Greece’s long-standing insistence on strict adherence to international law, particularly in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean

Charitsis also seeks clarification on what initiatives Greece intends to undertake or support as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and what position Athens will present at the Council’s upcoming emergency meeting.

He adds that he has already contacted the leaders of other progressive opposition parties and is open to coordinated actions. “The country’s foreign policy is not anyone’s personal affair, and international law is not applied à la carte,” he says. “Mr Mitsotakis cannot hide. He owes answers to Parliament and to the Greek people.”

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