The North Athens Prefectural Committee (NEBA) of the party unanimously decided to refer State MP Elena Akrita to the Ethics Committee of SYRIZA – PS after her public support through and from a post on her personal Facebook account, to the candidate for mayor of ND, Dimitris Galani in the area of ​​Psychikos and not in lawyer Maria Apostolaki which SYRIZA had chosen.

“I believe and honor the self-governing nature of elections. I vote for the best for my neighborhood and that’s not going to change”the SYRIZA state parliamentarian wrote in her post at the time, which had caused negative comments from the beginning regarding whether or not her choice violates the party’s statutes.

In their text, NEVA members talk about, among other things “serious violation of elementary rules of party ethics” and ask the Ethics Committee to take care of “dealing with the problem, according to the party’s operating rules”.

At the same time, they pose issue of withdrawal of the referral for deletion of the four executives – Tzoumaka, Vitsa, Fili and Skourleti – emphasizing that they fail to understand where the president of SYRIZA – PS derives “the ability to violate every article of the statute, implementing practices that are anti-democratic and authoritarian”noting that “this behavior simultaneously creates a status quo, where the institution of the president exceeds every democratic function that our Party embraces, as a party of the democratic Left.”

The text of the North Athens Prefectural Committee

Immediate withdrawal of deletion proposal – Complaint to the OC, the PG and referral to the ethics committee of Elena Akrita

1. The President of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, announced on social media that four central officials of SYRIZA-PS were expelled from the party.

Although finally after a “second reading” the “deletions” were referred to the ethics committee, we fail to understand where it derives the ability to violate every article of the statute, implementing practices that are anti-democratic and authoritarian. At the same time, this behavior creates a status quo, where the institution of the president exceeds every democratic function that our Party embraces, as a party of the democratic Left. Unfortunately, several members of the political leadership supported this substitute behavior and did not separate their position. We want to emphasize that this move in itself is completely divisive.

We recommend the immediate convening of the Political Secretariat for the purpose of the political discussion of the referral of these deletions. Likewise, we ask the president S. Kaselakis to immediately withdraw the referral for deletion of the four comrades.

2. On behalf of NEVA of SYRIZA PS, we are sending you its decision regarding the serious violation of elementary rules of ethics of our party by the State Parliamentarian of SYRIZA PScomrade Elena Akrita and we ask you to address the problem within the framework of your responsibilities, in accordance with the rules of operation of our party.

On 04.09.2023 the Prefectural Committee of North Athens (N.E.V.A.) of SY.RIZ.A. – PS. unanimously decided to support nine (9) municipal schemes in its area of ​​responsibility. Among them is the municipal association “ACTIVE CITIZENS OF NEW PSYCHIC- PHILOTHEISM-PSYCHIKOU” with the candidate for mayor is the lawyer Maria Apostolaki. The decision was published in the mass media (newspapers, websites and blogs) of North Athens.

With feelings of surprise, disappointment and indignation, we were informed by the M.M.E. for the public support of our party’s state parliamentarian, comrade Elena Akrita, to the current mayor of Psychikos-Filotheis, Mr. Dimitris Galanis.

We politically disapprove of the public support of S. Akrita, which we consider, on the one hand, to be at the opposite of the will of the members of SY.RIZ.A. – P.S., as expressed by the unanimous decisions of the O.M. Filothei – Psychikou and N.E.V.A. SY.RIZ.A. – PS. and on the other hand, how it is against the values, ideas and self-governing priorities of our party!

Because SYRIZA – PS is an open democratic progressive party, which has institutions, which must ensure the principles and values ​​of SYRIZA PS.

Because as a Prefectural committee we have an obligation to protect the unity, dignity and prestige of the partywe recommend the referral to the Ethics Committee of our party’s state parliamentarian, comrade Elena Akrita, for vicarious and anti-party behavior.