By Antonis Anzoletou

Many executives in SYRIZA estimate that the pressure exerted on the government on the occasion of the prosecution’s investigation into emigrants’ emails and the Anna Asimakopoulou has led Maximus to aim so much at Stefanos Kasselakis for the company he owns in the US.

Against the backdrop of the European elections, the climate is polarized with New Democracy to wish not to fall too far from the rates of June and the SYRIZA to retain second place. “Difficult missions” for both parties given the “relaxation” of the vote in the specific elections

From Koumoundourou, they have gone on the counterattack, upgrading the case of the SYRIZA president’s company to a “rule of law” issue. Stefanos Kasselakis the day before yesterday and several members of the party essentially talk about “manipulation of justice” by the government. Heavy accusations and tons of extremely high tones from a SYRIZA trying to rally its “hardline” public.

Things will take a different turn if Stefanos Kasselakis is finally prosecuted by the courts. In other words, it should be appreciated that the fact that he is an extra-parliamentary leader does not exempt him from the obligation not to be an owner based abroad. The answer was given by the new press representative, Voula Kehagia, speaking to SKAI: “He said on February 13 that since indeed non-parliamentary political leaders fall under this provision and there is this irreconcilable absolutely – as long as this is certain and certain – the next day his shares will be transferred abroad”. Some in SYRIZA are talking about his vindication Yannis Ragousis when at the conference he had said that “as many as you want to believe that our public image was not undermined by the announcements that the party borrowed from the president and even through a foreign company, believe it”.

The concern that exists is that the finances of the party may be a new field of introversion for Koumoundourou in the next period. Against him Thymio Georgopoulos, is still open. The former general director of SYRIZA requests the convening of the bodies in order to give the necessary explanations. Koumoundourou has released all the documents proving that the loan of Stefanos Kasselakis was used.

Both the advance payment for the Christmas gift and the remaining amount for the employee payroll. Nobody knows how Stefanos Kasselakis will react. Will he convene the Political Secretariat or the Central Committee? The time frame is narrowing as next Friday he will have to appear in Sparta to fulfill his military obligations and after 20 days when he returns to Koumoundourou the party will enter the final stretch of the European elections.

The intra-party referendum on the preparation of the euro list should also be held. For SYRIZA, time is precious and it is counting down to achieve the goal, which is both to maintain the percentage of the national elections and to overtake PASOK, which according to polls seems to have gained the upper hand.