Explosive atmosphere in SIRIZA, rapid developments are expected in the near future. From the USA the president of the party Stefanos Kasselakis, he wanted to respond to the voices of doubt with a post, but also to address his predecessor, Alexis Tsipras.
In a long post from Friday night to early Sunday morning, Kasselakis accused the former party chairman of undermining, among other things. Apparently realizing that this criticism would provoke a storm of reaction, he deleted the post and three minutes later uploaded another with almost the same content, but with one change: instead of undermining he spoke of “games.”
“Come and take command and I will be a soldier of the regiment in your cause, without harming you for a moment. But if you don’t want to, stop undermining and support me in my efforts.”read the first post, which was deleted.
“Come and take command, and I will be a soldier of the regiment in your endeavor, without harming you for a moment.” “But if you do not want it, support me to make the effort for our party, without games,” pointed out in the post that replaced the first.
I share the wounds of the SYRIZA world.
I have exactly the same ones.
From the day I took office until today, I have been fighting the battle without receiving intra-party arrows daily for just two months (and with exceptions).Together with the new children of our European vote. Along…
– Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) June 28, 2024
“If he hasn’t resigned yet, let him do so.”
Write them down – deleting them seems to have further soured the mood in the official opposition party. They are indicative today’s statements by Thanasis Theocharopoulos. Referring to Kasselakis’ long tenure, he spoke of a “delirious text”, which he had difficulty understanding and which seems to raise suspicions even for dismissal.
He commented that once again the SYRIZA president is making moves from the US, through detachments, without the relevant bodies meeting, and stressed the need, following this development, to give a reason for the party’s word. When asked whether he should resign, he characteristically replied: “If Mr. Kasselakis has not yet resigned, he should do so.”
Tsipras’ harsh words
It should be remembered that Mr Kasselakis’s long post was preceded by Tsipras’s angry response to accusations of not supporting Avgi, which spoke of vulgarity in the handling of a sensitive issue.
“The anguish of party media workers cannot become a cheap commodity for internal party consumption.” circles of Alexis Tsipras reported, in response to reports that following the suspension of publication of the daily newspaper “Avgi” and Kasselakis’ appeal for their support, they were not among those who rushed to respond.
“The leaks that Alexis Tsipras did not respond to a letter he received just 24 hours ago and while he is abroad reveal the vulgarity with which those responsible deal with sensitive issues,” the same circles added.
The response to “black money” and the burlotto warning
Former SYRIZA director-general Thymios Georgopoulos spoke of self-destructive developments, commenting on Kasselakis’s posts. “So we are creating a lot of problems,” he warned.
“Mr. Kasselakis can’t stand criticism, he can’t stand another point of view. And apparently he didn’t understand whose party he started to lead,” said the former general director of SYRIZA, speaking to SKAI.
“What led Mr. Kasselakis to shoot himself in the foot and talk about black funds, something that everyone knows does not exist in SYRIZA?”, he asked himself and continued:
“For the oligarchs to come and give you black money, either you are in government and you are distributing money from the Recovery Fund, QREN, etc., or you are in opposition and you vote in favor of the oligarchs who want to do their job.”
“If he has evidence, let him go to the prosecutor. Although he tried to collect them himself,” she concluded.