SYRIZA is reminiscent of a boiling cauldron, after the stormy meeting of the Political Secretariat and the departure of the 8 executives of the group of 87. Stefanos Kasselakis, with his post on Social Media, essentially showed the dissenters the exit door, stating, among other things, that “anyone who wants to count again is welcome.”
The SYRIZA president also called on the 87, “instead of walking out of meetings issuing texts that divide us, to look within themselves and reflect on where they belong emotionally, politically and morally”. “If, again, they want another SYRIZA, with the balance and immobility they were used to, let them choose a candidate and raise the issue of leadership directly and publicly. Now”. he adds among other things.
In his post, Mr. Kasselakis also criticizes the attitude of the party officials both in the days of the recent fire in Attica and also regarding the debts of the party media and the fact that the runners-up who precede him on the State ballot do not resign so that for him to enter the Parliament.
“How can officials of a party not want – or at least not wish in an announcement – the entry of their President into the Parliament? How can officials of a party not contribute to pay the salaries of party workers when they know the dire financial situation of the party? How can – still – cadres be missing in the fiery destruction and post pictures of their villages, while we were in the field for five days and from structure to structure?” he wonders.
The whole post Kasselakis
This morning I released an 11-minute video of SYRIZA’s proposals for civil protection.
We were processing them from the first moment of the devastating fire that reached the urban fabric of the capital. And I believe these are substantive proposals that can…— Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) August 22, 2024
“87” left
In fact, in their text, the Eight say “No” to the president’s proposal for the party’s media, “no” and to his entry into the Parliament through the State ballot.
Full text
We do not legitimize procedures, attitudes and decisions, which trivialize us as persons and our Party.
In the only topic of the day’s discussion that concerned the Mass Media of SYRIZA-PS, no proposal of the President and no proposal of sustainability was given, while it is continued even by the members of the P.G. the concealment of details surrounding the party’s finances, despite an increase in expenses over the last year.
Despite the President’s personal commitment to provide data on the number of employees, salaries and time of recruitment to the party, the media and the Poulantzas Foundation, not only was nothing given, but today there was no information and no information, to the formally and effectively responsible body party. The leadership of the party should have given this information even to the members of the K.E. , according to the statute. The refusal to provide financial information to P.G. it means a lot for the rules imposed on New SYRIZA, which only the left does not express.
And while the media workers of SYRIZA-PS have not been paid, neither their salaries nor their allowances, the party’s leadership is asking, without submitting a proposal, for a blank check.
Statements that show that a separatist plan is underway are at least reprehensible and foreign to our area, and the leadership must take a clear position.
The implementation of decisions and the subsequent attempt to receive a blank check from the leadership of the party acts in the direction of discrediting our party and also reducing the trust between us.
It is unacceptable today in P.G. off the agenda, to raise the issue of the resignation of the elected and the participants in the regional ballot, constantly feeding back the introversion and non-production of politics. Especially when there is a factional operation, with pressure on a number of Prefectural Committees for identical decisions in favor of the resignation of the participants in the regional ballot.
The resignation of the comrade and distinguished scientist Othon Iliopoulos was done for reasons unrelated to his non-institutional report, that he is resigning to hand over to a person of his choice, even if this is the person of the President. SYRIZA-PS is an institutional party and cannot operate outside of what the Constitution, the rules of the Parliament and our statutes stipulate, leaving members of the state ballot to be slandered and targeted. The leadership of the party has an obligation to preserve unity and not to allow initiatives to act divisively at all party levels.
The continuation of introversion and character assassination for whatever reason, the only thing they serve is the Mitsotakis government and the maintenance.
We cannot legitimize this tactic and these decisions without the suggestion of the SYRIZA-PS leadership, without respecting the statute and the standing principles and values of our party.
The case of Pavlos Polakis and the answer
However, he separated the case of Pavlos Polakis, while leaving open the issue of Athena Linou. who earlier
Earlier, Pavlos Polakis had actually taken the next step after his removal from the SYRIZA Parliamentary Group, announcing that at the first opportunity he would run for the leadership of the party.
The Cretan MP directly questioned the leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis, challenging his own deletion against the fact that Athina Linou is not controlled by the party despite the complaints he made about the funding of her Institute.
Mr. Kasselakis replied that “he is not picking up the gauntlet” and now it remains to be seen if Mr. Polakis wants to raise the issue at the September Central Committee. However, his task seems difficult as he must obtain the approval of the majority in a SYRIZA that now seems deeply divided.
The explosive dialogues
Specifically, during the meeting of the Political Secretariat, explosive dialogues took place, with Mr. Polakis mentioning how the leadership must change and that he himself will contribute in this direction.
He emphasized that “a program and a large progressive alliance is needed”, and then noted that “the current leadership cannot”.
The answer of Stefanos Kasselakis was immediate. According to information, the president of the party is reported to have said “I don’t pick up the gauntlet, anyone who wants to censure the KE”.
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