I never expected Stefanos Kasselakis to make this innovative statement that the occupied territories are the province of the Turksit is a serious mistake, I called him to retract and he retracted, said the candidate for the presidency of SYRIZA, Efi Ahtsioglou speaking to SKAI.

To a question if his placement shows ignorance, Ms. Ahtsioglou replied that she does not want to use that wordbut added that his placement yesterday “shows that there is some rather critical deficiency.”

“On Sunday we are electing the leader of the official opposition, it is extremely important that we understand the seriousness of this role. The leader of the official opposition must have key characteristics such as; knowledge, political plan and parliamentary presence and experience, these elements are necessary for us to be robust and reliable” he said.

He also commented that Mr. Kasselakis “has supported a series of slogans, although necessary, but we cannot stop at slogans, we must also come to the essence” as he typically said.

For the fact that Alexis Tsipras has not taken a stand regarding what they accuse her of undermining himMrs. Ahtsioglou replied that this is a major issue that ultimately affects Mr. Tsipras himself.

“Alexis Tsipras chose an attitude of silence and he is consistent with it, whatever intervention he made would be decisive in the electoral process. He rightly maintains a stance of neutrality,” he said and added that “respect for Alexis Tsipras is respect for the position of being neutral.”

“Those who know Alexis Tsipras, see the people he had chosen to be by his side” he said characteristically.

Mrs. Ahtsioglou emphasized that she herself can guarantee a winning course for the faction and added that it is important for the leader of the official opposition to exercise militant opposition in Parliament as well.

When asked if SYRIZA will be united on Monday and if she herself will meet with Mr. Kasselakis if she wins, she answered:

“On Monday I will meet them all if I am elected, unity as far as I am concerned is guaranteedthe lowest common denominator is also necessary, otherwise we cannot have governmental possibility”.

He added that there will be unity with two basic conditions, the agreement on the political framework and the end of the cannibalistic slanderous attacks.

When asked if such attacks emanate from Mr. Kasselakis, he answered “not from Mr. Kasselakis, but the man who is by his side, Pavlos Polakis, is a person with permanently abusive tactics. This is a downer, he has to stop, we all have a memory of his incendiary posts” as he said.

He added that he has called on Mr. Kasselakis to condemn such behaviors.

He concluded by saying that the result of the previous Sunday is reversible, and added that he has proven that he is a soldier of the faction.

Finally, he called on the ruling faction not to be happy because from Monday SYRIZA will be united and with a plan for society