“I was waiting for Tsipras’s intervention, it is a multi-message intervention, both towards Kasselakis and towards those who question him, and towards those who left. If anyone thinks that the message is for Kasselakis, it is wrong,” he told SKAI and the show “Kalimera” with Giorgos Autias, the executive of SYRIZA and former minister Panagiotis Kouroumplis.

“Kasselakis was elected 4 months ago. What matters is that SYRIZA is the alternative proposal”, he added.

“Seventeen PG officials, who bear heavy responsibility for the great defeat of May and June, are questioning a man who was abroad”, argued Mr. Kouroublis. He also emphasized that the political council of SYRIZA had to resign after the removal of Alexis Tsipras from the presidency of the party.

At the same time, Mr. Kouroumplis spoke of the “ingratitude” of Dimitris Papadimoulis and Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, on the occasion of the attitude they took, saying characteristically: “Men are men, because they didn’t say these things to Tsipras while he was sovereign.”

“Ingratitude is a very bad thing in characters like Dimitris Papadimoulis,” he stressed.

The SYRIZA executive noted that “the election initiative will bring a lot of people back to SYRIZA.”

“Since the day he was elected, Stefanos Kasselakis has never found himself in calm waters,” added Mr. Kouroublis.