“The Left knows how to fight and not to hide,” said the president of SYRIZA-PS, who began his speech at the SYRIZA Central Committee with the issue of same-sex marriage.

He addressed the executives of SYRIZA-PS saying: “Who in here disagrees with a same-sex couple having the right to marry and have children? For us, the issues of rights are not issues of leadership and discipline, they are issues of identity. If not the Left, who? The Left knows how to fight and not hide. We will vote for every step in progress and we will expect the supposedly progressive Mr. Androulakis to do the same.”

Mr. Kasselakis referred to rights in general by asking: “Who disagrees with a woman who is harassed in the workplace being able to report it without fear of reprisals?”.

He went on to say that “after a lot of back-and-forth, Mr. Mitsotakis” says he will bring the bill for the marriage of same-sex couples and added “let’s see.” He also said: “We have brought back the proposal for a law on the marriage and procreation of same-sex couples. Thanks to our pressure Mr. Mitsotakis will be forced to unfreeze his legislative initiative and with our vote it will pass if it comes to the Parliament. The New Democracy is unable to overcome regressive anchorings and dependencies and the prime minister’s political cowardice pushes him to foolishness by encouraging the abstention of his deputies”. And he added with humor “I will come to agree with Mr. Samaras, how come we who ask the citizens to participate ask the parliamentarians to abstain”.