Former prime minister Costas Karamanlis

“I am not responsible for the absence or the fearfulness of the other side, unless one can argue that absence and fearfulness constitute a strategy.”

Karamanlis, a 2-time PM, also said sharp criticism shouldn't be met with 'disciplinary measures', a reference to the expulsion of his successor, Antonis Samaras, from ND party

In the Vima article, Ex-premier and ND leader Antonis Samaras also calls for the resignation of FM Gerapetritis, saying he's shown appeasement vis-a-vis Turkish provocations