have said this many times. The New Democracy governing party condemned Dritsas' statement as "vulgar" and "insulting to the memory of the organization's victims" The center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) party denounced in parliament the comments made by Dritsas as "unacceptable, ahistorical and provocative," stating that "terrorism is the enemy of democracy." Dritsas, the next day, issued a "clarifying" statement, arguing that his original comments were in reference to "the Greek democracy, the citizens of democracy, and the values of a just state, which the terrorists never respected." Syriza issued a statement characterizing Dritsas' comments as "unfortunate," adding that "what he said does not express either him or Syriza." The statement concluded that "besides, [Dritsas] clarified [his comments] immediately with his additional statement in no uncertain terms." References External links The Port of Agony, Dritsas' platform. 1947 births Politicians from Piraeus Living people Syriza politicians Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Government ministers of Greece Greek MPs 2015–2019 Greek MPs 2019–2023