SYRIZA and Stefanos Kasselakis parted ways, but they still maintain open fronts with each other. The formula for conducting the extraordinary conference continues to be a central core of controversy. The former president of the party insists, as he told Alpha, that “this party has acted illegally”. In the days since last Saturday, Koumoundourou had … Read more
Stefanos Kasselakis is severing his ties with SYRIZA and leaving the party, as he announced speaking at his headquarters in Tavros. At the same time, he informed his supporters of his decision to establish his own party. “Come here tomorrow at 1pm for the most independent, ground-breaking movement to be created in this country” he … Read more
The extraordinary congress will continue on Saturday morning (11:00-17:00), despite the proposal to end immediately, but SYRIZA is already turning the page of the book. What will be the content of this page will depend on the new president and the political direction he will give to the party. At the time when Stefanos Kasselakis … Read more
Yiannis Mantzouranis, as president of the extraordinary conference of SYRIZA, invoked the American president Harry Truman while closing the curtain on the first day of work. “We were neither convinced nor confused” said the experienced lawyer and member of the KE in a rough tone through the microphone, paraphrasing the popular “if you can’t convince … Read more
Rapid developments in SYRIZA. After the tumultuous first day of the conference, Evangelos Antonaros announced his resignation from the party in a midnight post on Facebook. “I am not willing to ‘go along’ even for a minute with the party coup plotters who today completed their planned crime against the democratic processes,” he says, among … Read more
The developments in SYRIZA are rapid. MP Kyriaki Malama also became independent, after Alexandros Avlonitis, Petros Pappa and Rallia Christidou. After the fourth independence of a SYRIZA MP, the Official Opposition party has 31 MPs, the same number as PaSoK. Kyriaki Malama announced its independence with a statement entitled “SYRIZA has decided to lock its … Read more
“I’m here,” Stefanos Kasselakis declares again in his post on Saturday morning. In particular, in a post on his personal Twitter account, the ousted president of SYRIZA states that he is calling for an “appointment” at his offices in Tavros at 1:00 p.m., where he is expected to announce the establishment of a new party. … Read more
Petros Pappas submitted his letter of independence from SYRIZA to the Parliament a few hours after his statements about his departure from the Parliamentary Group, as he announced in a post on Facebook. His post “I submitted today to the President of the Parliament of the Hellenes my declaration of independence from the Parliamentary Group … Read more
Continuous developments in SYRIZA after the episodic first day of the conference yesterday, Friday 8/11. Stefanos Kasselakis left the party and this Saturday announced the establishment of a new party from his offices in Tavros. “Yesterday there was a democratic earthquake” said Stefanos Kasselakis starting his speech. “Today a movement of democracy, free citizens, progress … Read more
With speeches by the presidential candidates (Apostolos Gletsos, Pavlos Polakis, Sokratis Famellos and Nikolas Faradouris) the work of the extraordinary conference of the SYRIZA PS continues, which ends today, as has been announced. Earlier the floor was taken by the delegates who opened fire against Stefanos Kasselakis and those who left or are thinking of … Read more