The ferment in SYRIZA is feverish, having entered a new intra-party electoral process. The next few hours will show the person who will claim the presidency against Stefanos Kasselakis. Today the interest is focused on the speech of Olga Gerovasilis, who is expected to open her papers for the leadership, at the 4th Congress of SYRIZA, which is in progress for the third day.
Dionysis Teboneras speaking at the Congress of the SYRIZA PS, he stated that “if it is necessary for this case to move forward, we must step aside for the common good, we will do so with pleasure because this is how we grew up”, without announcing any candidacy from the floor.
Dionysis Teboneras had a meeting with Olga Gerovasilis and according to information she also had contact with the former president and prime minister, Alexis Tsipras and possibly what is being discussed in particular is to have an opponent against Stefanos Kasselakis, so that there is no fragmentation.
All sides are currently weighing their moves after the surprise of Alexis Tsipras and the shots against Kasselakis. Those interested build alliances for the presidency, ask and look for persons who will come forward and support them. Mr. Kasselakis lays out his own strategy and underlines that his strength is the members of the party.
Possible candidates for the leadership of SYRIZA
Dionysis Teboneras responded from the stage of the conference to the phrase Kasselakis “bring me an opponent” saying that there are no opponents, there are comrades. He declared himself an advocate of unity.
The Famous Socrates, whose name is heard, has not hinted from his positions that he is going to claim the leadership of the party. He will reportedly speak tomorrow night.
In the next few hours, the situation is clarified from the side of Mrs. Olga Gerovasilis. All indications are that she may be a candidate but announcements are awaited. The vice-president of the Parliament talks with the top executives and is in constant consultations.
The “secret dinner” shown by Gerovasilis
On Thursday night there was a “secret dinner” in which Alekos Flambouraris, Christos Spirtzis, Nikos Pappas, Thanasis Theocharopoulos, Katerina Notopoulou, Costas Zachariadis, Rania Svigou and Costas Vassiliadis were present. There they discussed the developments and extended an invitation to Olga Gerovasilis to run for the leadership of SYRIZA.
Nikos Pappas will not be a candidate, who stressed the need for unity and calm.
Today will give insight and direction as to where SYRIZA is going with regard to the issue of nominations.
The announcement of Gerovassili’s candidacy is a matter of time – Support from the Tsipras-era “presidents”
Everything seems to be it is only a matter of time before Olga Gerovasili announces her candidacy for the presidency of SYRIZA.
It seems that he will gather the support of a large part, the traditional leaders of Koumundourou, from what we called in the past, under the leadership of Tsipras, presidents.
Although still other names are being discussed for leadership, who could be pitted against Stefanos Kasselakis, at this moment only the candidacy of Mrs. Gerovasilis is almost certain.
Second question, according to the report, recommends who it will be the date of the poll. The party chairman showed a quadruple ballot in two weeks from now, for prefectural member organizations central committee and election of chairman. My information is that the officials who will be facing the Kasselakis candidacy, want the ballot box further back in time, in order to have time for preparation. The president’s side believes that the ballot box should be set up as soon as possible, as it is not possible, as they say, two months before the European elections, for example, for SYRIZA to deal with the internal party landscape and not have clarified things.
In any case, tomorrow with the installation of central officials and of course Sunday, when the votes will be taken by the congressmen, are crucial days for the future of SYRIZA.
Chain reactions from the intervention of Tsipras
The intervention of Tsipras and the response of Kasselakis have caused chain reactions, with the executives of SYRIZA doing their own readings on the developments. “We are in danger of losing the meaning of the Congress” points out Sokratis Famellos, arguing that SYRIZA does not have a problem with a president, but with a political proposal. When asked if he will be a candidate against Stefanos Kasselakis, he replied that collective routes are important.
However, the executives of SYRIZA position themselves positively towards specific candidacies such as Olga Gerovassilis and Sokratis Famellos. He does not have a clear picture of what Dionysis Teboneras wants, comments Christos Giannoulis. Kostas Zachariadis claims that Alexis Tsipras rightly raised the issue of re-election of Kasselakis.
Nikos Androulakis spoke of a party in decline, while Alexis Haritsis described the degeneration and discredit of SYRIZA.
“Alexis Tsipras’ message has many and specific recipients”
«Mr. Kasselakis has achieved something that has never been done in our political history. A president who was elected four months ago, feels the need to go and be elected again in order to be able to stand in his position” said Eutychis Vardoulakis, political strategy and communication consultant, on the “Newsroom” show, analyzing the reasons for the distrust towards his person president of SYRIZA. While speaking of New Left, he estimated that “they will probably have regretted it now that they left because if they were in (s.s. in the party) they would have had a better chance of overthrowing Mr. Kasselakis”.
Asked about the semiotics of Alexis Tsipras’s intervention that overshadowed the start of the 4th Congress of SYRIZA leading to intra-party developments, the political strategy consultant admitted that it was mainly the moment (i.e. two hours before the start of the Congress) that he chose to was placed which surprised everyone
“The timing was a bit of a surprise. Because actually doing it a few hours before the start of the conference is not something common,” said Mr. Vardoulakis, explaining, however, that this move was the result of pressure to stop the party’s downward and divisive path.
«The intervention of Alexis Tsipras is clear “Get serious” he said SYRIZA MEP Kostas Arvanitis, speaking on the “Connections” show of ERTNEWS. And he added, “It didn’t surprise me at all. It’s already late. There was a history of decline.” Regarding the turmoil in SYRIZA, he said that “there is a very serious issue and we are all responsible”.
“Alexis Tsipras’ message has many and specific recipients” assessed Mr. Arvanitis, pointing out “and anyone who wants to understand understands. And anyone who doesn’t want to understand says it’s not about me, it’s about others.”
“The placement of Tsipras had defensive components” Dimitris Mavros, CEO of the polling company MRB, said to ERTNEWS and the show “Connections”, commenting on the stormy developments in SYRIZA – PS after the intervention of the former prime minister and the appeal of Kasselakis in a quadruple intra-party ballot .
According to the well-known analyst, the position of Alexis Tsipras had defensive components in it, in an attempt to protect SYRIZA itself. “If you asked me to read the political scene, I would tell you that right now politics and politicians are making history.” In addition, as he said, “you don’t make the opponent an interlocutor, you make the local problems, society and citizens an interlocutor”. Criticizing a part of Mr. Kasselakis’ speech at the party’s 4th Congress and the reference he made to the ND and the prime minister, he characteristically said: “When you christen Mitsotakis “big”, then you become smaller.”
“I think that the way Alexis Tsipras chose to intervene and the moment he chose to do it show an objective impasse, which has been created in the political body of SYRIZA. So personally I was not at all surprised by his intervention. I believe it would make a position severe in every direction in the body of the conference. Alexis Tsipras chose to make this public statement, which I personally find completely agreeable. It was necessary and I think it can only initiate positive developments” said Themis Moumoulidis, Director, Member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA and former Member of Parliament, on the First Program of Hellenic Radio 91.6 and 105.8, who was invited to the show “With this and M’Agna” and Fotis Papoulia.
“At this moment SYRIZA needs a real and brave path towards the election of a President or a new President,” he added.
“Let’s build the basis for the development of our new programmatic plan” declared on the “Newsroom” program the MP of SYRIZA – PS, Yannis Sarakiotis, who was asked about “if what Mr. Kasselakis proposed was a clean and honest solution for the appeal to quadruple elections avoided answering. On the contrary, he openly stood in favor of Stefanos Kasselakis, saying that he is “worthy and capable”.
Source: ertnews.gr
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