Calling a snap poll would be opportunistic, Tsipras tells Kathimerini

Calling an early election in the midst of the pandemic would be political "opportunism," leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has said while criticizing the conservative government's economic record and handling of tensions with Turkey.

"I am not afraid of a snap vote," Tsipras told Kathimerini's executive editor Alexis Papachleas in an interview. "But I do believe that… while it is not yet clear if there will be a second wave, it would be irresponsible to trigger political developments that would create even greater insecurity."  

Defending the simple proportional representation system for favoring multiparty coalition governments, the former prime minister said that the political and social shifts brought by the pandemic will enable his SYRIZA party to return to power "not as a protest party, but as a creative force."

Tsipras also accused the...