Her candidacy for the leadership of the SYRIZA PS was announced on Saturday from the stage of the 4th Congress by Olga Gerovasili.

We need seriousness and credibility, only communication without a political plan is not enough, emphasized Mrs. Gerobasili during her speech at the 4th Congress of SYRIZA.

I heard the president’s public invitation, I am present, I have never been afraid of responsibility. Not even in the most difficult ones. I always backed off. I am proud to have been a member of the government of Alexis Tsipras,” said Olga Gerovasili. Some delegates responded with disapproval.

We are, he stressed, a governing party, we are not a supplementary party, and the demands are very high from us. We must defeat Mitsotakis. To do this, a serious political plan and a structured political operation are needed.

“‘Write your opinion’ and we will tell you our opinion is not iSyriza” he noted.

“The new is not messianism. The messiahs have been coming since long ago… More than ever we need new ideas, results in the world’s problems, collective thinking are more necessary weapons than ever” he said.

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The controversial excerpt from Olga Gerovasili’s speech

“Chairman, you don’t love the members more than all of us.

I have been a Member of Parliament for 12 years in an electoral district that was a stronghold of the Right.

I learned along the way to compete. Lots of matches.

In the movements, in self-government, in the Parliament, in the government.

Everywhere.

Since SYRIZA was a small party.

And I fought for it to grow. Nothing was given to us.

I defend the relationship with our members and society in practice.

With projects. Not in words.

And I never took the citizens’ vote as a “blank check”.

Each and every one of us is judged every day by the citizens.

We serve them, we address them, we are accountable to them.

And today, in this difficult moment, I declare myself present.

To stop the descent.

For SYRIZA to recover – Progressive Alliance.

To make the Great Left again.

To make the progressive space a protagonist again.

So that the members and supporters of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance can go to their work, coffee shops, socializing with pride and dignity and defend our party.

For a real progressive counterattack that our country and people so need.

We are here because we have the right to a better life, fairer, with more opportunities.

Thank you very much”.

Him Stefanos Kasselakis supported earlier at the 4th Congress of SYRIZA o Nikos Pappasasking for the cancellation of the internal party elections and calling on Olga Gerovassili not to announce her candidacy for the party’s presidency.

“The moment is critical… ND multiplies the crisis they are living through. Will we also become multipliers? Or will we send a message of unity and fight? Will we heighten the tension or give a message of unity to rally and fight? We will consume 50 out of 100 days until the elections on our issues?” he wondered.

“I agree with what most people said – the speakers who conveyed the anxiety, not about how our internal relationships will be shaped, but about how the relationships will be shaped in society and politics,” said Nikos Pappas.