By Penelope Galliou

The thread of the “marathon” for the election of a new president SYRIZA the candidates for the leadership of the party cut off from today and for the next seven weeks, plus two weeks, each is expected to fight, initially until September 3, when the permanent congress to validate the nominations will begin and the elections will follow on September 10 and 16, for the second round, if necessary.

Starting today, the four candidates are cutting the starting thread, Efi Ahtsioglou, Euclid Tsakalotos, Nikos Pappas and Stefanos Tzoumakas, without excluding the possibility of a “surprise” in September with new nominations, as according to the statute the nominations are submitted to the conference, therefore the “list” of candidates may be longer on September 3rd, while the start of the conference is not excluded to do According, the resigned president Alexis Tsipras, who abstained from the proceedings of both the election of the president of K.O. of the party as well as from the procedures of the Central Committee.

Despite the charged atmosphere that prevailed in its two-day meeting Central Committee, executives of Koumundourou gave reason for a very good process after the end of the meeting and the voting on the date of election of a new president.

A process in which the two proposals for the road map that the party will follow for the election of its new leadership were submitted.

The proposal of the two secretaries, Rania Svigou and Giorgos Vasiliadis, was the one voted by the 160 members of the Central Committee out of a total of 252, so that the permanent congress to validate the nominations would be held on September 3 and the election of the president on September 10 and 16, with the extraordinary congress (new congressmen) in November. As Giorgos Vassiliadis said to the Central Committee, time is urgent and he cannot represent SYRIZA at the TIF the interim president, Sokratis Famellos.

The second sentence, had the same starting point, on September 3 for the permanent congress, but the extraordinary congress was proposed for October 27-28- and 29 and the election of the president at the end of November and beginning of December. A proposal supported by Nikos Pappa, Rena Dourou, Dionysis Tebonera, Christos Spirtzis, Pavlos Polakis, Katerina Notopoulou, Thanos Moraitis and 81 other members, but was ultimately rejected. Two voted blank and two “present”.

Executives of the “Umbrella” with many of the “Members’ movement” from the majority “allied” in order for the procedures to run. A fact that reflects a new balance within SYRIZA regarding the elections, as along these lines they are drawn up Ms. Ahtsioglou and Mr. Tsakalotos.

On the contrary, the so-called Presidential candidates “voted against” giving new characteristics to the “internal party landscape” and which is now changing.

Nikos Pappas went against the central proposition, upvoting the second proposal for the election of the president of SYRIZA at the end of November. A position which, according to his circles, is justified because otherwise it would be as if he excluded Dionysos Teboneras and Christos Spirtzis from the succession race who have said that they would only be candidates if the elections are postponed until after the self-governing elections. Nikos Pappas allegedly did not want it to be seen that he aimed for them to stay fewer rivals by speeding up the proceedings in September.