Tsipras mocks Mitsotakis over fraud cases and fish in film-themed weekly post

A weekly post built on scandal

Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister who now leads ELAS, published his regular weekly post on social media on 31 October 2026. He opened by asking whether a week could pass without scandals and fraud. He then referred to the Mr Choriatiko and Pizza Fan cases, which he said had been described even as the 'fraud of the century'. In his telling, the scandal menu of the week was made up of 'pizzas, bread and a lot of carbohydrates', a remark he linked to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whom he suggested had developed a taste for 'big fish'. The post was accompanied by a video in which Tsipras reviewed the events of the week leading up to 31 October 2026.

“Is it possible for a week to go by without scandals and fraud?”

Who is involved

The post names Tsipras as president of ELAS and a former prime minister. Mitsotakis is described in the same post and in the coverage as the prime minister and leader of New Democracy (ND). The cases Tsipras cited are referred to only by name in the post, with Mr Choriatiko and Pizza Fan presented as the headline examples of recent scandals. Tsipras framed them as part of a broader pattern he attributed to the government over the last seven years.

Fishing subsidies and the big fish

Tsipras turned to a remark by the prime minister about fish. He wrote that Mitsotakis may have withdrawn subsidies from fishermen but then suddenly discovered big fish. The post included an excerpt of a speech in which Mitsotakis referred to the big fish his government had 'caught'. Tsipras set this against the fishing subsidy decision in a single sentence of his post.

“Mr Mitsotakis may have taken subsidies away from fishermen, but suddenly he discovered the big fish.”

Who pays, according to the post

Tsipras argued that ordinary citizens carry the cost of the cases he criticised. He said the bill for the frauds of the last seven years lands on the household, whatever the government says about the thief.

“The bill for the fraud of the century over the last seven years is paid by the ordinary householder, however much the thief shouts.”

The film pick

Tsipras closed the post by recommending the film Φωνάζει ο Κλέφτης, directed by Giannis Dalianidis and starring Dinos Iliopoulos. He described it as one of the funniest films of old Greek cinema. The post ended with the words 'Good viewing', the same sign-off he used for his recommendation in the video.