“Not even a step back for any reason, let alone when confronting the underworld” Gabriel Sakellaridis said pointing out that from the first moment, the leadership and members of SYRIZA were on his side regarding the case of the blackmail.

Speaking at Journalists’ Journal he noted that: “Those who say that I did not receive any support, they simply do not know the correlations, something that I believe it’s normal. The confidence in handling the case was much more important than a statement of support.”.

He continued by saying that “… in my opinion, the end of this type of journalism is a matter of democracy and respect mainly for the society and citizens and secondly for the parties”.

“The key element to succeed in a blackmail is to cause fear. When fear is not caused, then the blackmailer looses. And that’s what happened,” Mr. Sakellaridis said.