Once again, New Democracy shows its authoritarian face. This time is against teachers, parents and elementary school children.
During today’s teachers’ strike outside the Athens Primary Education Directorate , the unthinkable happened: the police attacked without any provocation, throwing chemicals at elementary school students, their parents and teachers.
Whenever the government does not intend to hire school teachers, the police takes intimidating action.
In the middle of the academic year, instead of filling educational gaps, the secretary of education opts for classroom merging, increases the number of students per class and throws children out of the all day school schedules.
If Mr. Mitsotakis’ notion of “security”, includes terrorizing teachers and children, let him come out and speak up clearly about it.
It is common knowledge, after all: his government is allergic to anyone and everything that resists the anti-social policies he is trying to impose.
The New Left stands by teachers, students and parents.
We demand:
- police forces to be immediately withdrawn from the Primary Education Directorate,
- School merging to be stopped,
- all gaps to be filled.