Koufodinas, a left-wing terrorist convicted of eleven assassinations of businessmen, conservative politicians, and UK and US officers, believed he was entitled to transfer to another prison. Meanwhile, his secondary aim of mobilising popular sentiments against the government has borne fruit. It has coincided with a new COVID-19 pandemic wave that has created a near-crisis for Athens.
New COVID-19 cases were 3,073 yesterday from 3,465 the day before, but hospital admissions and patients on ventilators are still rising.
Pro-Koufodinas protests overlapping in mid-March with those against a police ‘free rein’ could prove COVID-19 super-spreaders later.
ND’s polling lead over Syriza is on a downward trend, from a margin of 17-23% in 2020 during the pandemic’s first six months, to 9-14% now.
