It was the most aggressive speech of Stefanos Kasselakis at the SYRIZA conference, with the most impressive remarks. Here are the 20 most typical:
- “Comrade Anna approached me and asked me not to go to elections and it broke my heart.”
- “Now is the time for all or nothing”
- “I will speak to you from my heart and speak my truth as always”
- “No one is holding me back. The great collective we keeps me going. You’re holding me.” “Let’s go get 90%” they shouted at him from the audience.
- “How could I remain president without an election in these circumstances?”
- “On Thursday, I entered the conference whole. Wounded though, from daily questioning through deliberate leaks, but whole. How can I leave the conference in pieces?’
- “I came in as the president who is not allowed to ask the members without their permission. How can I go out on Sunday with our historical leader writing that I must ask for a vote of confidence from those who elected me and pretend that nothing is happening, with the vice-president of the Parliament leading the opposition?”
- “You voted, but some didn’t listen to you. If we need to shout twice to be heard by those few who have lost their political hearing, then we will shout twice.”
- “If someone came out the first time because they planted him, the second time he doesn’t come out again, unless he is rooted in society and flourishes with society.”
- “Some have a plan to go to the European elections with me melting my shoes all over Greece and those in the channels getting closer to SYRIZA”
- “Stand up and take the party into your hands. It’s yours.”
- “Some have a plan for the bad election result in the European elections. Charge me with failure and let’s go back to the ring”
- “What do the many of us do to these few, who sit in some of the front rows, and in a stadium that applauds warmly, have folded their arms? Who see themselves as leaders and leaders and rebel when the president asks to hear from you who sit in the back, who have ached for this party but have never been asked about anything?’
- “What do we do about those few who came here through lunch aisles and, yes, secret dinners? Where are would-be kings and queens playing chess behind our backs?” “Hands off Kasselakis”, they shouted from the stands. “Don’t worry no one has their hands on me,” he replied.
- “I love you very much. Have one more courage, turn your heart to stone and give a clear solution.”
- “I cannot become president under a deadline. I can become president on March 10 with a horizon of national elections”
- “I will build an effective party so that the offices will crack”
- “Take SYRIZA into your hands,” was the slogan of Alexis Tsipras. Yes, but with your hands untied, not tied behind your back.”
- “Redemption now, counterattack now against what burns you and eats your soul”
- “I love you very much”
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