Speaking for the government, spokesman Pavlos Marinakis described the decision as correct. ‘I believe it is a correct decision by STASY, because it is a specific initiative that would occupy a specific space for free; therefore, it would indirectly burden the state budget’, he said. He added: ‘It is better to have an advertisement in this space that will lead to revenue.’ Asked whether anyone had represented New Democracy at this year’s Pride, he said he did not know.
The new secretary of New Democracy’s Political Committee, Konstantinos Kyranakis, appeared to take the same view. Asked earlier about STASY’s refusal to allow the Pride posters in the metro, he replied: ‘Is it something mandatory? Must a model, let’s say, of a social event be advertised and imposed? Why is it mandatory?’
It is worth recalling that in 2020 STASY allowed anti-abortion posters in the metro. The posters referred to the ‘unborn child’ and urged women to ‘choose life’.
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