United against society’s problems – 2024-03-05 18:39:06

“There is no question of dispute, there is a clear mandate to proceed with the structural changes that the party needs. THE SYRIZA there must be a great Progressive Alliance, which will unite the entire center-left world and defeat Mitsotakis”.

These words of Stefanos Kasselakis to ERT reveal his visions for the future of the party. His aim is to create the ruling centre-left faction, but any structural changes are being postponed until the autumn constitutional conference. However, there is no question of changing the name. “I don’t want the name to change, I’m proud of SYRIZA,” said Steph. Kasselakis last Friday on Ant1. In the famous questionnaire there was also a question about the name. The answers will not be made public – at least for now – but some argue that indirectly the president revealed the choice of members.

Reorganization of department heads and new EG

The previous head of the Department of Justice, Yiannis Sarakiotis, took over the position of Pavlos Polakis as coordinator of the department heads, with Rallia Christidou as his deputy. The Cretan MP took over as head of Transparency, a position familiar to him.

Alexandros Avlonitis took over as Head of Justice, Nina Kasimati as Head of Shipping and Giorgos Psychogios as Head of Migration Policy. The Development sector joined the Finance sector (under Nikos Pappas) and Marina Kontotoli took over as deputy sector head.

Thanos Moraitis was appointed to replace Giorgos Tsipras as director of the parliamentary group. Something to be expected, since G. Tsipras wishes to fight the battle of the European elections.

After the resignation of the deputy secretary Giorgos Vassiliadis, Yiannis Voulgarakis was appointed coordinator for the organizing office.

The conference’s decision is to reconstitute the executive office, which will be responsible for day-to-day matters, while it can take decisions when it is not possible to convene the bodies. Olga Gerovasili will participate in this, while N. Pappas, Evangelos Apostolakis, Kyriaki Malama, Panos Rigas, Lefteris Kretsos and Yiannis Bournos will also be invited. The other members are Steph. Kasselakis, Rania Svigou, G. Voulgarakis, Sokratis Famellos, Theodora Tzakri, Rena Dourou, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou and the press representative.

The Political Secretariat and rumors of changes

In the previous days there was a rumor that the Central Committee would meet on Sunday, to launch changes in the Political Secretariat and to make the report of the conference.

The Political Secretariat bequeathed by Alexis Tsipras to Stef. Kasselaki had 41 members. After the split, 24 remained. The statute does not specify an exact number of members, which means that the president can himself propose the optimal number in his opinion. So it is not unlikely that the Central Committee will convene next week, a few days before Steph. Kasselakis enlists in the army, and then the changes will be made.

For the next weekend, however, the elections for the coordinators of the organizations and for the prefectural committees are scheduled. The truth is that it will be a feat to have everything ready in just a few days, as in addition to the updated lists, the system that will support electronic voting should also be ready.

In all probability they will be done normally, but there is also the scenario of postponement. There has also been a proposal to hold the elections after the Euro elections, on the same day as the elections for the new Central Committee. If the elections are postponed, points are gained for the possibility of convening the Central Committee.

Movements of high symbolism

On Wednesday morning, Olga Gerovasili found herself side by side with Steph. Kasselaki and after greeting and hugging, they participated in the march for the one year since the tragedy in Tempi. In the evening, following the president’s initiative, they dined together in a good atmosphere at a restaurant in Pagrati. It was there that she was offered to participate in the Executive Office.

Two movements of high symbolism, which have a clear goal to give the message to society that in Koumoundourou they are leaving behind the phenomena of introversion.

The purpose is to give the impression that they are now dealing with the important problems of the world: the crime of Tempe, the rural mobilizations, the accuracy, the labor issues, the private universities, the development conferences. SYRIZA has all the resources to exercise a constructive opposition and be useful to the many.

Consistency is a priority

In order to achieve the goal of a constructive opposition, SYRIZA must ensure internal party calm. Leading executives from Koumoundourou declare that the president does not have a blank check, but it is not understood that he is under a deadline either. After all, in the MRB poll, 51.1% of SYRIZA voters want Steph to be judged. Kasselakis after the parliamentary elections.

This shows that no one in SYRIZA currently has anything to gain by challenging the president. Everything shows that everyone is determined to look ahead. The bet is clear and it remains to be seen whether it will be won.