“We are not going to elections. Let’s move forward, the masks have fallen” said Stefanos Kasselakis a little while ago, from the SYRIZA conference, undoing his initial speech where he announced elections on March 10 and immediate constitutional changes.

After his speech, a confrontation followed with Olga Gerovasilis, who emphasized that “elections are not held in 10 days”, insisting on the statutory deadlines which, in her opinion, provide for a period of one month for the election of a leader by ballot.

What had come before

After the speech of Stefanos Kasselakis, the president of the KO of SYRIZA PS took the floor, Socrates Famousfiling common proposal with N. Pappas and G. Tsipras for not electing a new president and confirmation by the conference of its trust in the party president, so that “we can go united in the next political and electoral battles, first of all the European elections”.

“Today we are here with the members of SYRIZA, I am here the base with democratically elected representatives and we have a brilliant possibility to solve the big issues, with the members of the party and their democratic representation who are here,” he said. He said that they took responsibility with Nikos Pappas and George Tsipras to present a “very simple proposal but a very important political proposal”. “We propose to vote before anything else then, the following: The party should not say a new cycle of introversion. There is no need for a new presidential election. The conference confirms its confidence in the president Stefanos Kasselakis, to go united in the next political and electoral battles, first of all the European elections. With a new political function, all bound by our statute and declaration for the interests of society and the country. With camaraderie, collegiality and with the positions and decisions of the fourth congress as a tool, we reconstitute the executive office with a regular function to strengthen our political action, which we authorize to process proposals to complete the transformation of our party”. “It is a proposal that the party is moving forward with. It moves the left and society forward and keeps us all united,” he emphasized.

Table tennis Gerovasilis – Kasselakis

Then Olga took the floor Gerobasili saying: “Dear Stephen, in your opening speech you said find me an opponent and let’s go. If you revoke it we stop here. Otherwise I will never violate the party constitution. I am waiting. On the left there are no white checks, anyone who thought they could have this doesn’t understand something. Dear Stefan, I picked up the gauntlet you threw down, you threw it down. Now if you want elections in 10 days, you realize what you have said, eh do them yourself see what you get. I stand by what I said.”

Stefanos Kasselakis he replied asking her to withdraw her nomination and we stop.

Mrs. Gerovasili, taking the floor again, said, among other things, that the congress is a sovereign body and that she was not the one who put forward the proposal for elections.

Afterwards, the vote was taken on the proposal of S. Famellou – N. Pappas – G. Tsipras, to raise the delegates’ cards.

“Guys, enough. The masks have fallen, we are not going to elections, we are moving forward”, said Stefanos Kasselakis.

The process continues with the voting for the positions.