By Antonis Anzoletou

The “rocket” left Alexis Tsipras and aimed directly Stefanos Kasselakis. The ex-prime minister did not give the time credit requested by the SYRIZA president to the Political Secretariat until the national elections not until the European elections, asking for a renewal of trust. It was not possible for Alexis Tsipras’ intervention not to cause an “earthquake” in Koumoundourou. He saw a “cliff” in front of him and decided to drop a “bomb” by excluding himself, as expected, from the succession proceedings.

It is expected from today the new “players” at the conference to open their cards. From the stage of the closed Tae Kwon Do those who wish to be candidates will announce their intentions. All eyes are on the moves he will make Olga Gerovasili which the previous Sunday with its posting caused a wave of reactions against Stefanos Kasselakis and released important forces. She was the protagonist and central figure of the last days. Dionysis Teboneras (the information indicates that he will speak early in the afternoon) has exercised a dynamic opposition throughout the last period, while Sokratis Famellos with the institutional role that has been considered a dynamic presence. One of the key questions is whether it will be found one or more candidates against the current president of SYRIZA. The fragmentation of forces will work in favor of Stefanos Kasselakis. Clearly everyone is waiting for the stance they will take in the new intra-party race Nikos Pappas and Pavlos Polakis.

For the procedure to be followed, answers are also expected in the next few hours, maybe even today. Executives from the leadership environment typically emphasized that “if there is a candidate we will go to elections in two weeks”. There were, however, other top executives who believed that this particular scenario it’s overoptimistic. It is reminded that in about 15 days polls will have to be set up to elect the coordinators of the Member Organizations and the new Prefectural Committees. And the question is if the party manages to hold the quadruple elections which were announced by Stefanos Kasselakis. That is, to be set up the polls on March 10. Flipping through the calendar, two or three days follow. Clean Monday and March 25, while there is also the conscription factor of the president of SYRIZA which was normally scheduled to take place in the middle of next month.