Planned from the first moment of the Kasselakis election, SYRIZA MP Vassilis Kokkalis described the departure of Efi Ahtsioglou’s team from the party, speaking to SKAI and the show Mismatches.

He added that “now everyone’s behavior will be seen, both the president and the parliamentarians and the KO and those who left”.

“The biggest proof was that they denied positions of responsibility. When front-line officials like Mrs. Ahtsioglou refuse to take responsibility, it means that since then they do not accept the result of the democratic elections,” he said.

“Since they refused, it seems that they don’t want to back the new SYRIZA and it was planned” noted the SYRIZA MP saying that “if Ms. Ahtsioglou came out I wouldn’t leave, why isn’t it the other way around?”.

Asked to comment on Kasselaki’s statement about Katrougalos-Tsakalotos, he said that “the Tsipras administration did great things but also had mistakes, is it bad to recognize the mistakes? Mr. Kasselakis is not at all undermining Mr. Tsipras. Is it true or not that Katrougalou’s statements cost us before the elections?”

“SYRIZA has a future, the programmatic positions will be drawn up at the congress, that’s why we say that some were in a hurry. Whoever gets elected common sense says they need time credit. Kasselakis will be judged in the European elections like all of us” concluded the SYRIZA MP.