"Move drug addicts and immigrants to sparsely-populated islands"

Today’s outbreak by Dionysis Savopoulos is indicative of the gloomy picture present in the capital’s city center and the rise of violence, which has recently been blown into gigantic proportions within segregated neighbhorhoods.

The famous songwriter, who for decades has expressed debates and conflicts through his lyrics, suggested “declaring an emergency in Athens”. Dionysis Savopoulos, speaking at a joint broadcast on violence, which was organized on Wednesday by radio stations in the capital, was induced to ask for “the clean-up of the city’s drug addicts and immigrants and their transportation to sparsely-populated islands”.

The statements of the composer, who has in recent years been accused by his former comrades of a radical shift towards conservative views, provoked questions by the broadcasters who asked him if the sparsely populated islands would resemble the islets of the post-Civil War Greece. “Nionios” did not hesitate to respond, paraphrasing the line “the time to live or die has come”.

Finally, he stressed that Athens has suffered from terrorism and violence, causing the strong reaction of anti-racism organizations and Leftist parties, who accuse him that his views coincide with the worst enemies of democracy. Certainly, today’s statements by Dionysis Savopoulos will open a new round of social and political opposition to addressing the explosive problem of the existence of thousands of illegal immigrants in the city center.