With four MPs (P. Pappas, Avlonitis, Christidou, Malama) defecting from KO, SYRIZA is only one seat away from losing the role of official opposition that it has held since 2019. If the independence of all is ratified by the Parliament, the SYRIZA automatically drops to 31 seats and balances at one taut rope.
Given that from the headquarters of Stefanos Kasselakis in Tavros before the establishment of the new party, Theodora Tzakri informed that “on Monday we will announce our decisions in a coordinated manner”, essentially announcing her own secession, the scenario of SYRIZA falling third party in parliamentary power gathers many possibilities now.
What will happen overall to all the others who have sided with the former president remains to be determined on Monday morning. Among others, Yannis Sarakiotis, Panagiota Poulos, Giorgos Gavrilos, Evangelos Apostolakis, Elena Akrita and Nina Kasimati are on this side.
“They will bear the mark of apostasy”
On this, not extreme, possibility, Koumundourou sources commented scathingly that “some people think they can move their parliamentary seats like they move their body”.
The same circles emphasized on Saturday that “after yesterday’s events, one can easily see that the seats that we hear are being left today are not transferred to Stefanos Kasselakis, but much more they carry the position of official opposition to Mr. Androulakis in the same way that they will carry the stigma of apostasy.”
“This can be nothing more than a conspiracy plan that wants to remove the role of the official opposition from SYRIZA PS” they also supported from Koumoundourou and set their limits.
“SYRIZA is not a dead body”
“So far” it was pointed out characteristically and it was communicated in all directions that “SYRIZA PS has proven that it is not a mortal scheme like those who are trying to split its body”.
“Because both in the opposition and in the government, he always expresses the social anxiety of the citizens and will not allow any project of interests to determine his future” was the central message from Koumoundourou as expressed by her sources.
“The real aspirations of Stefanos Kasselakis were fully revealed”
The two-day extraordinary conference of SYRIZA finally ended on Saturday afternoon, shortly after 18:30.
As he noted in a statement issued by the party during its work, “the real aspirations of Stefanos Kasselakis, as well as the organized plan that had been emerging for a long time, were fully revealed.”
It was further pointed out that “having failed to prevent the opening of the conference, he left without even seeking to participate in the vote. Admitting, thus, that he did not have the majority of the delegates on his side, and that everything he claimed to the contrary, in the previous days, was nothing more than a communicative offensive propaganda.
After all, the announcement of his new party, just a few minutes after the start of the work of the Congress, clearly proves that his planning and preparation had been going on for the entire previous period, even though he hypocritically denied it.”
“The only thing Stefanos Kasselakis did yesterday was a communication show outside the Conference area with continuous false statements and provocations that all fell flat. Because in Democracy there are rules and Stefanos Kasselakis cannot accept these rules. He had the rival party ready for days and, while he was supposedly protesting outside the Congress, he had the announcement and the offices of the new party ready. Everything that happened yesterday with the mobbings and the verbal and not only attacks have nothing to do with the Left and the progressive space, just as it has nothing to do with him, as it turned out,” it was emphasized in the same text.
“There is no sense of independence without handing over the headquarters”
Also, “the MPs who nominated and were elected with SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance are not meant to become independent without surrendering their seat to the party. And much more, they have no political and moral legitimacy to undermine the position of the official opposition, which was given to SYRIZA-PS by the people, with their vote in the parliamentary elections.
For this effort of theirs, orchestrated by the former president, as well as those who carry it out, they will be harshly judged and disapproved by the world of SYRIZA-PS, and by the left-wing, progressive, democratic citizens.”
In conclusion, “SYRIZA-PS will move forward, organized, with even greater strength and determination. With unwavering faith in the principles, values and ideas of the Left and the progressive space, which are not only not outdated, but are as relevant as ever.
With a clear, persuasive programmatic rationale, and with a specific and comprehensive proposal for progressive government change. He will regroup and become stronger, to fight and win the battles to overthrow the ND government and its policies. For the necessary progressive counterattack and the necessary social and political change in a progressive direction”.
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