Kasselakis writes exclusively in Documento: What we said at the dinner with Tsipras, Baziana in Sounio before I announced the candidacy – 2024-08-11 10:48:08

His article is rainy Stefanou Kasselakis which is published tomorrow with Documento and is the first part of the story of his decision to run for the presidency of SYRIZA, but also what has followed until today.

In fact, in the article published tomorrow, Stefanos Kasselakis speaks for the first time about the dinner that was given to him and Tyler Macbetho Alexis Tsipras and the Betty Baziana at their home in Sounio, their advice, but also their exhortations.

The following is the relevant excerpt from the first part of the article by Stefanos Kasselakis published tomorrow in Documento:

August 24, 2023

Alexis is back from California. He has obviously watched the impact of my political platform.

On Friday afternoon we are waiting for you for dinner.
Should I bring Tyler too?
Of course, come with whoever you love.

August 25, 2023

We arrive for dinner with Betty and Alexis in Sounio.

After a long discussion about America and California, Alexis tells me:
“You’ve been making a lot of noise lately.”

It is the first time I have announced to him my intention to come down, with the asterisk of privacy.

Both Betty and Alexis calmed our concerns about our family life, which we still appreciate to this day.

I show Betty and Alexis the announcement video I had just shot and edited (the one with the black background).

Impressed by the video but also urging me to further clarify my vision for the modern Left (beyond the reconstruction of SYRIZA), Alexis tells me:
“It is a very difficult undertaking. But it will certainly make a boring process much more interesting.”
So the truth is that the decision to run for president was made (and videotaped) before I even announced it to Alexis. And his attitude was the kind and cordial that the outgoing president would have towards any executive who would declare his intention to run for leadership.

And my intentions were pure. And for Greece. And for the Left. And for SYRIZA. And for Alexis, whom I felt the need to defend against those who I felt disrespected him.