“If they do not hold the conference, we will move on to grassroots initiatives”, said the former president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, in a meeting he had this morning with the coordinating bodies of the OM of A’ Thessaloniki, while rented offices for his election campaign for the party presidency in the Tavros area, near Piraeus.
“It really is, I would say, an unprecedented, ridiculous farce. Joke; It’s ridiculous that they won’t let me lose,” Kasselakis said, arguing that they fear that “if you let us get to the end, you will have the power in your hands. You can decide for each of us. And obviously that’s going to irritate a lot of people.”
He said that “it is not just a question of changes in the party that are necessary”, but “it is also a question of democracy now”.
“Whatever pressure you receive from others, all they have to offer is hatred towards me and no policy proposals for either the country or the party. You ignore them. Dust them off. Get organized. Bring in new people. You will receive the conference. And if they don’t hold the conference, we’ll go to grassroots initiatives,” he said.
He added that “the answer to the lack of democracy is to never run away. Running away means they will have won” and that “the answer is more democracy”.
“We are here, we will organize ourselves and the answer will be given,” said Mr. Kasselakis, among others. He added that “legality will be respected” and “we will be able to take SYRIZA from where they knocked it down and bring it back to where it was”. What Alexis started and along the way he left and left…”.