By Antonis Anzoletou

The moments in the Parliament are historic, with the institution of the official opposition for the first time likely to change hands in the next period.

When SYRIZA solemnly lost to New Democracy, electing only 47 MPs about a year ago, no one imagined what would follow.

What will Koumoundourou lose if it drops from the office it holds in the Parliament as the second party? First of all her prestige.

The “wound” that this loss will leave will be very difficult to heal and even the change of offices that will follow is expected to cost SYRIZA and its MPs spatially, but mainly emotionally.

THE Alexis Tsipras from 2012 onwards he led his party twice into the government and four times into the official opposition.

Such a negative development will hardly be accompanied by a shrinking of his percentages, regardless of the new party that is already being prepared by Stefanos Kasselakis.

The message to society will be clear, as it is always the official opposition party that has a government perspective.

Essentially, it will be an event that will give another boost to PASOK and will pull SYRIZA even further back, which from 2023 will only receive resounding political “slaps”.

As far as the “letter of the law” and the rules of the Parliament are concerned, only the leader of the official opposition has the right to request during a parliamentary session that two debates be held before the agenda at the level of leaders. The third and fourth parties can apply one at a time.

The head of the official opposition is the person who constantly clashes with the prime minister in the crucial debates, gaining “points” from the image that goes out.

He takes the floor immediately after the prime minister and has more time in the debates under the tolerance of the bureau. He is the fourth state agent after the president of the Republic, the prime minister and the speaker of the Parliament.

The catalyst for the developments seems to be the official announcement of the party of Stefanos Kasselakis in the next period. This cannot be ruled out even at the end of the month.

The SYRIZA MPs, who have decided to wait and see, are well aware that they will be called upon to decide what to do.

They are under pressure from many executives of Koumoundourou, who suggest that the issue of the whereabouts of Stefanos Kasselakis has many “tails” and may cause problems in the plans of the new body.

Essentially, they are ringing a bell that by leaving SYRIZA they will not only carry a historical burden by removing him from the position of official opposition, but they themselves may find themselves in the “vacuum”.

In Tavros, however, apart from the fact that they are looking for new offices, they are not listening to the various “sirens”, they have “masked” the machines in order to prepare the party declaration as soon as possible.