With a text-intervention to the president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, Dionysis Teboneras, Antonis Kotsakas and Haris Tsiokas announced their resignation from the party bodies, speaking of “authorization”.

“The last intervention of Mr. President made it clear that we cannot remain indifferent, for reasons of dignity and self-respect, in the face of a mutation, instead of a meta-evolution, with which we disagree” the three state in their text and add that “SYRIZA – PS belongs to the people and their voters and the references to “my SYRIZA” are at least inelegant.

They also clarify that “we remain in the ideological and political framework, as these have been determined over time with the decisions of collective bodies (but maintaining strong reservations about mutational behaviors)”.

The text-intervention

“To Mr. President of SYRIZA-PS

To the Secretary of the KPE of SYRIZA-PS

Notification to the members of the PG of SYRIZA-PS

As we all know, joining a political organization takes place in three fields: ideological, political and organizational.

By this intervention we the undersigned make it clear that we leave the Organizational branch (for purposes of slipping into an unconditional “empowerment”).

But we remain in the ideological and political frameworkas these have been determined over time with the decisions of collective bodies (but maintaining strong reservations about mutational behaviors).

The last intervention of Mr. President made it clear that we cannot remain indifferent, for reasons of dignity and self-respect, in the face of a mutation, instead of a meta-evolution, with which we disagree.

It is our belief in the need to reconstitute the wider left and progressive space on a trajectory of progressive governance with programmatic unity. And we knew from the beginning the reactions that the venture would provoke, obviously because it is inconsistent with party entrenchments and various personal strategies.

After all, we were the first to formulate the need to form a social front, from below, to defend democracy and institutions.

We started the effort long before the European elections, with the open event at the ALFA theater, with a clear aim and we came back the day after the elections with a specific proposal.

A proposal that, in our opinion, respects the message of society and responds to the election result.

We made it clear that the parties of the progressive space remain in their current status, with absolute autonomy, ideological, political and organizational.

But at the same time, we emphasized the need to explore the possibilities for forming an agreement in the programming field. So we remain mobilized with the goal of reconstituting the progressive and left space based on our value framework.

SYRIZA-PS belongs to the people and its voters and references to “my SYRIZA” are at least inelegant

We hope and we will contribute, like thousands of executives throughout the country, so that the social opposition gains political expression for the benefit of the people in a clear horizon of governability.

The undersigned

Dionysis Tebonerasmember of the PG of SYRIZA-PS

Antonis Kotsakasformer chairman of the ethics committee of SYRIZA-PS

Haris Tsiokasmember of the Organizational Office of SYRIZA-PS -KE

Update: The intervention text will also be submitted at the meeting of the KE”