Tsipras said that although he had received an invitation to participate in the series In the Millimetre, he chose to reject it because he did not want to legitimise what he described as an ‘unprecedented attempt at character assassination’ against him.
The former prime minister’s objection centres on the book The Last Bluff, on which the documentary is based. According to Tsipras, the book makes unsubstantiated claims that, as prime minister, he had made a political ‘deal’ on the Macedonian issue.
Tsipras accused the authors of a conscious distortion of the facts, noting that the specific allegations had been politically exploited by the prime minister without, as he claimed, any correction of the record by the creators of the work.
He also expressed doubts over the objectivity of the production’s approach to the events of 2015, stressing that he had no reason to trust its presentation.
In closing, he noted pointedly that ‘history is stubborn’, stressing that the truth ultimately prevails, regardless of political circumstances.
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