The SYRIZA MP expressed his support for Stefanos Kasselakis, ahead of the second round of the SYRIZA elections. Nikos Pappaswho came fourth in last Sunday’s intra-party election process.

Nikos Pappas and Stefanos Kasselakis had a meeting in the Parliament, during which – as the SYRIZA MP said – they had a clear, serious political discussion about the future of the faction.

“You will see the content of the discussion in the joint statement that will be issued shortly” said Nikos Pappas and added: “It is obvious that based on the discussion we had Stefanos will have my support and I will encourage his election to the second Sunday round. I think that it can give the breath and pace to move quickly towards the prospect of victory” emphasized the parliamentary representative of SYRIZA.

“Stefan, good strength,” concluded Nikos Pappas.

“Thank you very much Niko. On Sunday we took the first step for a pioneering government in the country. Today, with your support, we are taking the second step. On Sunday we will take the third step. Thank you very much, we are going very hard for the victory and the great progressive government that the country needs” said Stefanos Kasselakis.

A few minutes after the statement in the Peristyle of the Parliament was also issued joint announcement:

“We are responding to the message of the massive participation of the democratic world in the September 17 process.

The 150,000 citizens, who waited for an hour or two in line, swept crisis scenarios that our political opponents are on strike.

They sent a message of unity.

A message that commits us all to a common path based on our founding declaration, which was voted unanimously and which unites the world from the left to the progressive center.

We are building the members’ party, with substantial participation and decision-making at all levels, with regional organization and utilization of all executives. We activate the networks of the faction.

We are creating the patriotic, modern, ruling faction.

We stand for:

  • the foreign policy pursued by the government of Alexis Tsipras in the period 2015 – 2019. We claim solutions to foreign policy based on International Law.
  • the prospect of a country where every person will be able to live their own Greek Dream: to freely develop their potential, with justice, honesty and democracy.

We win again:

  • the world of work, the salaried, the self-employed, farmers, pensioners, people of culture, the middle class and healthy entrepreneurship.
  • the world from the left to the progressive center.

From today we are building the Great Front of victory.

We start from this Sunday for the victory against New Democracy.

Participation, Unity, Victory”.