The second round of internal party elections in SYRIZA is being held with increased participation, for the election of president, with candidates Stefanos Kasselakis and Efi Ahtsioglou.

According to the data so far by 14:30 over 90,000 members had voted with the process being carried out at a fast pace as in today’s elections only the members and those who voted in absentia vote. Therefore, there are no delays due to the census of new members while the polling stations have been supplied with double tablets.

The polls in 538 divisions opened at 8 am with the staffs of the two parties being on alert to attract as many members as possible and increase participation in the election contest.

It is recalled that on the previous Sunday approximately 149,000 members had voted. 106,000 were old members and 43,000 new. About 33,000 people did not turn up at the polls.
The polls will be open until 8 in the evening, while two hours later the safe result that will reveal the winner is expected.

Efi Ahtsioglou: “Let SYRIZA return to a governing orbit”

Earlier and applauded by those gathered, Efi Ahtsioglou arrived at the town hall of Egaleo to exercise her right to vote, sending the message of the stakes of these elections “for a strong structural opposition to the ND government and the return of the faction to the government orbit”.

In particular, Ms. Ahtsioglu said: “Today tens of thousands of citizen members of SYRIZA are going to the polls and sending a key message that the progressive faction is here and will oppose a government that thinks it can rule with a blank check.

We are here and we will be here to exercise strong structural opposition to policies that marginalize society to policies that are carried out with arrogance.
We are and will be here to express the needs of citizens who rightly believe that they are not living the way they deserve and the way they are entitled to live.

The great participation is for all of us a responsibility and a commitment that we will be here to express the people who seek another policy in the place, the workers, the young, the unemployed, the scientists and the professionals.

I am absolutely optimistic, I believe that in any case in the evening all of us in SYRIZA will be stronger and more smiling.

The stake for the next day is a strong structural opposition to the government of the ND and the return of our faction to the government orbit”.

Stefanos Kasselakis: From tomorrow we will move forward together

A little later, at 12:30 in the afternoon, Stefanos Kasselakis voted, who was welcomed at the New Smyrna polling station by members of SYRIZA. with him being particularly smiling and cheerful
Immediately afterwards, in his statement, Mr. Kasselakis, who appeared to be a unionist, stated that: “I thank the people who have voted so far. We still have time, in the morning the ballot box was empty and everything is judged today.

The thousands of people are the guarantor of the unity of SYRIZA. The thousands of people are the guarantor of the modern ruling Left that Greece needs. All of us on the front lines must listen to them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. From tomorrow we move forward together.”

Finally, he asked the journalists to allow him to leave as he said he wanted to go to the airport to pick up his mother who is returning from America.