01-11-16 New Democracy MP Harakopoulos belies his own statements

Mr. Harakopoulos (educational affairs coordinator for main opposition New Democracy), in his well known capacity as agent for the interests of private education, marshaled false data regarding the alleged increase in the number of registrations at private junior high schools (gymnasia) this year in comparison with last year. He believed he had found a suitable pretext to launch yet another attack against the state education system, which his political party “loves to hate” more than anything else.

When he realised his gaffe and that he had fallen victim to a bad informant, he issued a correction which in effect belied his prior statements. Better late than never

We hope that he will be far more careful in the future and less gullible with all types of myth-making. We hope that the New Democracy friendly media, which in turn fell victim to the disinformation of Mr. Harakopoulos, do the same.