Since the removal of Pavlos Polakis from the SYRIZA parliamentary group, the most frequent question to the party’s executives and MPs has been whether the Chania member of parliament is really a past member of the party or if the clock is just counting down until he rejoins the parliamentary group . As it happened, with his letter, Nikos Pappas informed Konstantinos Tassoulas that Pavlos Polakis is rejoining the party’s parliamentary group.
Stefanos Kasselakis, even though he had punished his member of parliament for indecent behavior towards an employee of the Parliament and an associate of the Minister of Health, had said that he loved him. Which proves that the return of the MP of Chania was only a matter of time. The deletion of Athena Linou, with whom Pavlos Polakis has an open confrontation with characterizations and almost daily attacks, is interpreted by some as the president of SYRIZA trying to extend a hand of friendship to Mr. Polakis. Lately, after all, Pavlos Polakis had raised his voice even against the president of SYRIZA, criticizing the leadership while leaving open the possibility of claiming the leadership himself.
The atmosphere that Pavlos Polakis had created shakes the 7th floor of Koumoundourou. It is no secret that Stefanos Kasselakis maintained personal and friendly relations with the former deputy minister while he himself had brought him to SYRIZA. This development, therefore, may not have surprised anyone, but it does not mean that it did not bring embarrassment to parliamentarians and officials.
The phone call to Papa
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Kasselakis contacted Nikos Pappa by phone. He announced his decision to him. Pavlos Polakis returns to the parliamentary group. Immediately, the president of the parliamentary group called the MP of Chania. According to Vimas information, the two men had a few minutes of conversation, which simply announced the decision of Mr. Kasselakis with Pavlos Polakis hanging up the phone saying, “ok”.
It is noted that at the time it became known that Pavlos Polakis was returning to KO, Sokratis Famellos was leaving the Parliament. He was the man who sent the letter of his deletion to the president of the Parliament, while he had argued with him when he had entered the meeting of the parliamentary group with his will, despite his deletion. What he thought when he heard this development would be of particular interest, but he himself avoided any comment or discussion with those present.
On the other hand, Pavlos Polakis is not backing down. His return, after his “unacceptable deletion” does not change anything of what he has said and expressed, he emphasized during his statements in the Parliament peristyle. “As I stated on the day of my unacceptable deletion, I was, am and will be in SYRIZA. I had stated, the people delete. The people did not delete,” while insisting on his claim that his deletion was staged.
Polakis: I never left
“I am not a child to be deleted without notice and to be reinstated by Nikos Pappas,” he said. Taking a dig at Kasselakis, the MP said that some are trying to correct the unacceptable. This is a formal return, he said, because I never left SYRIZA. And he meaningfully added that “the political assessment I have made with the political problem of SYRIZA does not change in any way. There is a need for a dynamic official opposition, with a programmatic role,” she noted, which will bring down the government.
Sending a message to the 7th floor of Koumoundourou, he said: “Everything I have said is true.” At the same time, he gave an appointment to the Central Committee of the party.
Nikos Pappas, a short time later, in the peristyle of the Parliament, made it clear that the circle of “punishment” Polakis was closed. “It is a clear decision. Pavlos Polakis suffered a penalty for behavioral issues, this cycle is closed, we are moving forward”, he commented characteristically.
“I have also said in other public positions that there is the ground for a reorganization and counterattack of the party. In this effort, many people can contribute and offer,” said the president of the parliamentary group, emphasizing that “there are no members with reduced rights. Political criticism is a reserved right, anyone can do it. We discuss everything democratically, we move forward.”
As for the previous statements by Pavlos Polakis, despite the journalists’ persistent questions, Mr. Pappas avoided any comment.
However, the return of Polakis did not go unnoticed by New Democracy. The parliamentary representative, Thanos Pleuris, speaking in the Parliament in a particularly mocking way, commented that his deletion was pretentious and added that “SYRIZA has the face it deserves”.
Embarrassment in parliamentarians and executives – Reactions
Some MPs did not hide their surprise at the president’s decision. Some expressed their disappointment at the setbacks, which do not give a good image of the party to the outside, on the contrary, it further aggravates the climate internally.
SYRIZA MPs are embarrassed by the playful comments of their colleagues from other parties. “You’re going to drive us crazy,” they commented with MPs replying, “you’re not wrong”, smiling tightly.
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