By Antonis Anzoletou

Another difficult Central Committee for SYRIZA ended with the same-sex marriage issue to divide the party. The occasion was given by the objections of Pavlos Polakis which were expressed from Friday at the meeting of the Political Secretariat. What is the conclusion after the two-day meeting? How there will be party discipline for the passage of the New Democracy bill. Stefanos Kasselakis did not back down, he simply extended a hand of friendship in his deputation to Pavlos Polakis in order not to continue the introversion. “And if I didn’t know Kapnisakis and Polakis, I wouldn’t be in SYRIZA,” he characteristically said, trying to change the page.

In conversations with Koumundourou officials, it is clear that the choice of the Chanio MP not to speak during the meeting had this goal. Not to cause any more passions given that in a few days he will be called to vote on this specific bill. According to government sources, it will be filed in February. It is questionable, however, that in a privileged field for him SYRIZA, which has to do with rights, the official opposition party managed to split. The bad image began on Friday when the spokeswoman, Dora Augeri, attempted to entertain impressions about party discipline with Stefanos Kasselakis shortly after making it clear that nothing had changed.

The next day in Koumoundourou it will not be rosy given that another poll over the weekend showed that the party is consolidating in third place (GPO for PARAPOLITIKA newspaper). SYRIZA was recorded at 10.1% and PASOK at 12.3%. From today, the final planning for the meeting of the parliamentary group in Spetses will begin. Stefanos Kasselakis does not want any absences and wishes to have all his MPs on the island. His aim is to show that his parliamentary group is solid. As for whether the “glass” with Pavlos Polakis has not only cracked, but has been broken, it will be seen in the coming days.

The other very important issue that arose concerns the identity of SYRIZA. The new proposal by Costas Zachariadis, Yiannis Ragousis and Thanasis Theocharopoulos to hold a referendum on whether SYRIZA will join the European Social Democrats surprised everyone. It is expected to open a big conversation ahead of a Conference that many believe will dominate the next period, as it is a discussion of identity. The fact that Stefanos Kasselakis treats it as a positive proposal means that he understands that it resonates with the base. “It is an issue which is not a firework. It has a basis. It is a question which must be discussed in the Congress. We are all confident that our identity will not change. We are not going to become a PASOK-type management party. Discuss it at the Congress, I have made my position known that I would like SYRIZA to be a leading force of the Left and even to set an example to the party of the European Left on what the modern European Left should be”, he said characteristically in the second part of in K.E on Sunday.