Available for a meeting of presidential candidates that will be held under the umbrella of SYRIZA, only Nikolas Farandouris announced. After all, he rejected any suggestion of a “common front” towards Stefanos Kasselakis, as “I have no personal confrontation with the former president, I have a policy”.
The SYRIZA MEP, on the occasion of “leaks to the press”, wanted to clarify his position and, addressing his co-candidate Sokratis Famellos by name, said that “your proposal, if it is correctly reflected in today’s leaks to the media, is rejected by me”. .
Analyzing his thinking, Nick. Farandouris emphasized that “it is as divisive as that of S. Kasselakis”. As he characteristically explained, “I do not participate in the internal party elections in order to straighten my front, but only in the face of the problems of the place and the Government that inflates them”.
“I condemn the separation of executives into lambs and goats”
“My proposal is based on 10 + 10 axes for the reconstruction of the party and the country. I have no personal confrontation with the former president, I have politics. Enough with the invitations and fronts. We’re having fun. “My SYRIZA”, “my initiative”, “my delegates”, “my group”, “those from here and there”.
I am a candidate, not because I have repented and seek atonement, nor because I have shirked and lost some office. I am a candidate because I believe that I can be part of the solution with prestige and credibility. Because I was never part of any internal party problem. And because the next day no one with Faradouris at the head is left, nor will he have any reason to leave” continued the professor of European Law.
That’s why, as Nick concluded. Farandouris, “I condemn the separation of executives, members, friends, delegates into “lambs and goats”. I condemn the “us and the other” fanatical mentality, I condemn the late-night provocations, the leaks and the hair-pulling in public view. I respect the collective decisions of the bodies and I am willing to participate in any meeting under the auspices and at the initiative of the party. Everything else is from the wicked. The rest at the conference.”
Famellos: Equal distances are a serious problem
Despite the sharp reaction of Nikolas Faradouris, Sokratis Famellos did not change the strategy of the proposal for a meeting of the four presidential candidates as they have been approved by the SYRIZA bodies.
In his own statement, which was followed by the Member of Parliament B’ Thessaloniki, he insisted that it is the moment to “put aside the ‘I’ that spoiled us a lot in the previous period” and instead “propose the ‘we'” as the only way out of the tunnel.
“Yesterday I took the initiative and contacted the Secretary of the KE, comrade Rania Svigou, asking that a proposal for unity and protection of the party be brought to the attention of the PG in view of the Congress that starts tomorrow.
My proposal was that a meeting of the four presidential candidates, the Secretary, the PG and the heads of the KO and the Eurogroup should be held by decision of the PG before the start of the Congress, in order to declare the unity and protection of the party against the coordinated attack which accepts and to find a way out through a democratic congress that we will all serve together in the future” explained Sokr initially. Famous.
“We must protect SYRIZA”
Explaining his position and responding to Nikolas Faradouris, he noted that “when our party is in danger and its Organs, its executives and its procedures are attacked every day, we must all take initiatives to protect it. Because SYRIZA-PS is a necessity to support Greek society and the country. And the discrediting of SYRIZA-PS only favors Mr. Mitsotakis”.
He then clarified that “when the question is ‘political debate or fanaticism’, equal distances constitute a serious problem for the unity of the party and the Democracy”.
“I took on the responsibility of being a candidate for president of SYRIZA-PS in order to make our party strong and reliable again, for society to have support both as an official opposition and for a progressive government solution.
I have served unity and worked very hard so that divisive discourse does not dominate SYRIZA-PS. We succeeded in having a unified and documented speech and action and this is recorded. I respect the collective decisions and the Organs of the party and I have proven it. We all have to prove it in practice” he then emphasized.
Proposal accepted
He informed at the same time that “the Political Secretariat accepted my proposal, which can contribute to the conference process and the next day of SYRIZA-PS”.
And he urged in conclusion in the finale: “Let’s put aside the “I” that spoiled us a lot in the previous period and let’s propose “we”. The times are critical and we must take unity initiatives. It doesn’t matter who takes the initiative, it’s important to find solutions without personal paths.”
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