“The split in SYRIZA means the clarification of the situation,” said Evangelos Antonaros on Friday morning to SKAI and the ‘SIMERA’ show.

“I personally feel sad when so many people leave the party, of course on the other hand it is a redemption”, he added.

“Within this group consisting of 11 people, two classes are formed, one by Euclid Tsakalotos and one by Alexis Haritsis and Efi Ahtsioglou”.

“Maybe there are internal conflicts, because when in a small group trying to find its pace there are two sub-groups it shows that there is a difficulty.”

“Mr. Kasselakis was released from the burdens”

Mr. Antonaros estimated that: “This team resonates a bit with the fans” and added that Mr. Kasselakis “was freed from the burdens. Those who were going to leave left, I don’t think anyone else will leave.”

While he emphasized that “Every departure is a blow for SYRIZA”

“I agree with what Mr. Kasselakis said about the housewives,” he said. Regarding the attitude of Mr. Polakis, he emphasized that “he does hard work, not only in the party but also in the toil of life”.

“Those who left yesterday had a permanent problem, the bitterness of defeat”

“Those who left yesterday had a permanent problem the bitterness of defeat, you cannot question the outcome of the election process,” he said

Regarding the stance that Mr. Tsipras is going to take, Mr. Antonaros commented: “Mr. Tsipras has two possibilities. There were former prime ministers who sat in the first seats and others in the last, such as Karamanlis and Papandreou”.

“We need to support small businesses and not reduce the number of sole proprietorships”

“The 37 billion is a big discussion, it was a memory commitment. But that was about yesterday, now citizens are anxious about tomorrow.”

Finally, regarding the tax-free allowance, he commented: “We heard the proposal of Nikos Pappas for the tax-free allowance of 10,000 euros. We have an objection to freelancers. Is there tax evasion in the country? Yes. Do we have digitization of the public machine? Yes. Are we chasing them all horizontally? Yes. This shows that this is not working. The taxpayer does not have the obligation to prove that he is not an elephant, the public must prove that he is a tax evader.

“We must support small businesses and not reduce the number of sole proprietorships as the Deputy Minister of Finance Haris Theocharis said. But why should this be done? To boost some big ones? To make everyone an employee? he wondered.