SYRIZA has rules and a political program, it does not have a “Leader” clarifies in a text – intervention by the Ahtsioglou group (Iliopoulos, Haritsis, Anagnostopoulos et al.), opening fire against Stefanos Kasselakis in the shadow of “Umbrella’s” withdrawal from the official opposition.

“The presence of Stefanos Kasselakis yesterday at the Central Committee of SYRIZA-PS was deeply offensive and divisive, with a suggested attack on common sense” is emphasized in the text.

“St. Kasselakis did not hesitate to use reactive schemas from the quiver of the alt right and the domestic “anti-SYRIZA” front: the parties are sick organizations, the left is the sum of the elites and those detached from reality, the Leader is the only one who can listen to the people” he further states the text..

As expected, no mention is made in the text for leaving SYRIZA. On the contrary, it is noted that “yesterday we submitted to the Central Committee a text of a political decision. For our party to be a party that will talk about social justice-climate justice-modern democracy. That will know who it wants to represent and who it wants to clash with. will claim in practice the responsibility to get the country out of the impasse. For SYRIZA-PS to be the party of visionary goals that can move and mobilize. This is our path, the path that in our opinion must to follow a Left that wants to remain as such and at the same time win victories for the benefit of the social majority”.

The text of the Ahtsioglou group in detail

With responsibility for the perspective of SYRIZA-PS

The presence of Stefanos Kasselakis yesterday at the Central Committee of SYRIZA-PS was deeply offensive and divisive, with a suggested attack on common sense, to the labor of people who worked in the SYRIZA government, in the history of the Left. Instead of, after Friday’s unacceptable speech, recalling or even attempting to lower the tone and seek, as he should from his position, discussion and unity, the St. Kasselakis indulged in a long list of attacks and insulting references: from the “sick” party of Friday’s manifesto, we moved to the “squadron”, the “pumaro”, the “fifth phalanx”. The category of subversiveswhich was used regularly during the presidential election process, not only was it not condemned, as would be necessary for the collective function, but upgraded. This is an unthinkable attack on the historical path of SYRIZA-PS and its people, which shows, among other things, complete ignorance of the party whose presidency he assumed. But that is not all. Even worse, St. Kasselakis did not hesitate to use reactionary schemes from the quiver of the alt right and the domestic “anti-SYRIZA” front: the parties are sick organizations, the left is the sum of the elites and those detached from reality, the Leader is the only one who can listen to the people. And this while addressing people often elected by our fellow citizens at many levels. At the same time, his speech was absent, in a way that surprised even those who support him, any reference to the modern problems of our time and the concrete steps for the fight against the hegemony of the Right in our country. So the “patriotic left” couldn’t say a word about the bombing of Gaza, the President who professes to be “the ruling left” couldn’t say anything concrete about the accuracy, energy poverty and anti-institutional descent of the New government Democracy. He indulged in a list of slogans, while hurling accusations of “chatter” at people who have practiced and produced applied policy.

The framework formed by the speech and the proposal of St. Kasselakis left no room for a substantive discussion. We decided, after persistent efforts to smooth the process, to withdraw from the meeting when it became clear that the chairman did not want a vote and decision of the body on the unprecedented and alternative proposal to hold a referendum on the removal of four executives. The democracy that St. Kasselakis he did not give the right to the 300 elected from the base of the party to vote whether they recognize his right to violate the statute and institutional procedures. It is not a technical or procedural issue. It is a political and at the same time an existential issue for SYRIZA-PS, since for the left and for every progressive person, respect for democratic rights is a fundamental element of identity. The “referendum” abolishes the party, the ethics committee, the Central Committee. It violates the statute, bypasses the relevant body and causes an extreme division. We will repeat it one more time: member’s right and disciplinary sanctions are not a matter of divisive “referendums”. The party has rules. As he has a political program. In this party, St. was elected president. Kasselakis. Not in a vacuum.

The responsibility for these developments rests with him and the leadership team. St. Kasselakis consciously chose instead of the path of composition, the path of the construction of the “internal enemy”. It is a dead-end option that belittles Politics, Democracy and the Left.

For our part, we submitted a political decision text to the Central Committee yesterday. For our party to be a party that will talk about social justice-climate justice-modern democracy. Who will know who he wants to represent and who he wants to clash with. Who will claim in practice the responsibility to get the country out of the impasse. For SYRIZA-PS to be the party of visionary goals that can move and mobilize. This is our path, the path that in our opinion a Left should follow which wants to remain as such and at the same time win victories for the benefit of the social majority.

Anagnostopoulou Co
Efi Ahtsioglou
Nasos Iliopoulos
Kostis Karpozilos
Danai Koltsidas
Nikos Bistis
Michalis Sambatakakis
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos
Meropi Tzoufi
Theano Fotiou
Alexis Haritsis