“The left means the conflict with the interests and the defense of the many and the weak with all our strength. That is exactly what SYRIZA is doing both with the Law proposals it has tabled, for accuracy and taxation, as well as those it is preparing for Housing and the support of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, he notes and continues: “The left means a conflict with the powerful energy companies . Conflict with those who operate once morest the public interest. As happened in the case of Attica Bank, which SYRIZA and its president brought to the public, ignoring those who might be “disturbed” because “silence” was not maintained in the face of the looting of public property. To the left means to maintain a clear and strict attitude towards the filthy lucre of the Banks, which leaves no room for questioning your intentions”.
“The left is a way of life. And it is always expressed with actions and not with platitudes and meaningless bigotry”, emphasizes SYRIZA and concludes with a postscript:
“This time Mr. Dragasakis did not raise the issue of leadership as he had intended months ago…”.
The comment of Pavlos Polakis in a post on Facebook was ironic, speaking of “a black day for the Bank of Greece today”, while quoting the announcement of SYRIZA.
In the same line as that of P. Polakis, was the comment made by the candidate for the European Parliament and executive of SYRIZA Evangelos Antonaros. “To say that I was not happy, and indeed very happy, would be a LIE” he wrote on Twitter.
Say
that I was not happy
and indeed a lot
that would be a LIE.— Evangelos A. Antonaros (@EvangAntonaros) July 18, 2024
On the other hand, the vice-president of the Parliament and former minister Olga Gerovasilis, noted in her post that “I do not agree with the departure of Yannis Dragasakis from SYRIZA PS. But no one can forget his long, ethical and consistent path to the Left and his enormous contribution to our government’s path.”
The departure of Yannis Dragasakis from #SYRIZA_PS she doesn’t agree with me.
But no one can forget his long, ethical and consistent path to the Left and his enormous contribution to our government.— Olga Gerovasili (@olgagerovasili) July 18, 2024
Former SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis also commented in an emphatic way, picking up the thread from Yannis Dragasakis’ phrase “good reconciliation”.
“Finally and well done Comrade Giannis! Good luck with the new generation ahead! As we did together a full 36 years ago with the joint conclusion of the EAR-KKE, then opening new hopeful paths for the Left of the time” says Dimitris Papadimoulis.
In the same vein, the former member of parliament, Kostas Zachariadis, reports on the departure of Yiannis Dragasakis: “Yiannis Dragasakis has had a brilliant career in the Left for almost six decades. We thank him for everything…”
Finally Dragasakis from SYRIZA – He left with spikes once morest Kasselakis and asks for a new party
The vice-prime minister of the government of Alexis Tsipras and a historical member of the Left puts himself outside of SYRIZA, Yannis Dragasakis. With an announcement he “empties” his president SYRIZAStefanos Kasselakis, for his politics.
In his text, Yannis Dragasakis leaves sharp points once morest Stefanos Kasselakis. “Mr. Kasselakis took over a left-wing party with problems & “delivers” many more problems without a left-wing party, as SYRIZA has entered a process of de-leftization. SYRIZA, with the current leadership, cannot solve the problems of identity, strategy and democratic functioning that it faced before”, he says characteristically.
Yannis Dragasakis: See his post
“The developments make necessary a new mass, popular party of the Left
In the strange times we live in, I would not like, through my own inaction, to find myself trapped in a party which will no longer have anything to do with SYRIZA which I have served since its inception, & I am proud to have contributed to its creation. I want to declare, therefore, that I am resigning as a member of SYRIZA. It’s a decision I’d hate to have to make, but developments have long made it necessary.
I remind you that I have already resigned from the SYRIZA organs since last December. The fears I expressed at the time regarding degenerative developments have, unfortunately, been fully confirmed. No additional arguments are therefore needed. You can stay in a party, even if you disagree with its current policy, as long as that party adheres to some fixed rules and there are democratic guarantees of respect for the dignity and opinions of all. But it is extremely difficult to stay in a party in which the concept of democracy & the Left, but also the history of the party itself, are undermined & the only accepted rule is the often unclear & changeable will of the leader.
Personally, I am sure that the Left will be called by the people, once more, to govern, because big problems are piling up that require progressive solutions. Data published yesterday regarding the continued flight abroad of new scientific & labor force is extremely worrying. It is another indication that, if there is no plan & strategy to change the production model & the unequal redistribution of the produced wealth, the country will be led to new dead ends & the society to new impoverishment. The Left can take the lead once more on the condition that it works & for this it creates trusting relationships with the world of work, has worked out solutions to problems & forms reliable conditions for progressive and effective governance.
Some had expectations from the new leadership. But in SYRIZA today, a process of deterioration, and not creation, is taking place, with its history, its work, its moral-political integrity being the first victim. The discussion that was opened, at the initiative of the leadership, regarding “black funds” is a huge insult to the thousands of party members who offered selflessly & with their delay, kept the party standing and its offices open all these years. It was a great gift to the Right & all those who argue that “everyone is the same”.
Mr. Kasselakis took over a leftist party with problems & “delivers” many more problems without a leftist party, as SYRIZA has entered a de-leftization process. SYRIZA, with the current leadership, cannot solve the problems of identity, strategy & democratic functioning that it faced before. It will be, for this reason, in a permanent crisis.
Developments present us with two interrelated tasks. Firstly, to fight for a new mass, popular party of the Left, from the radical left to left social democracy & secondly, a progressive alternative to the problem of governing the country. Let everyone respond to this double duty in any way and from any position they choose.
What is certain is that the social Left, the “left hemisphere” of society, exists, and is looking for a unified, strong and effective political representation. Developments in the world, Europe & Greece leave no room for complacency.
History, however, shows that the rallying & reconstitution of the Left has greater potential to succeed if it becomes a matter of society, the youth, the unintegrated world of the Left & ecology, through collective initiatives & movements, which must exist everywhere, with any convenient form. Good luck, then, in the known places, for the known reasons.
Yannis Dragasakis”
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