Her his departure from SYRIZA, as he is also resigning as a member of the party, Yannis Dragasakis announced in a post on Facebook, in which he launched a fierce attack on Stefanos Kasselakis. He speaks of a “de-leftization process” of the official opposition.

“In the strange times in which we live, I would not like, through my own inaction, to find myself trapped in a party which it will no longer have anything to do with SYRIZA that I served since its inception, & I’m proud to have contributed to its creation. So I want to state that I resign as a member of SYRIZA. It is a decision I would not like to have to make, but developments have made it necessary for a long time,” he notes.

“I remember that from the organs of SYRIZA I have resigned already last December. The fears I expressed at the time about degenerative developments have, unfortunately, been fully confirmed,” points out Yannis Dragasakis.

“Some had expectations from the new leadership. But in SYRIZA today, it is happening a wear processs, and not creation, with the first victim being his history, his work, his moral-political integrity. The discussion that opened, at the initiative of the leadership, for “black funds” is a huge insult to the thousands of party members who offered selflessly & with their delay, kept the party standing & its offices open all these years. It was a great gift to the Right & all those who argue that “everyone is the same,” he observes.

As Mr. Dragasakis emphasizes, Mr. Kasselakis took over a left-wing party with problems & “delivers” many more problems without a left-wing party, as SYRIZA has entered the process de-leftization. SYRIZA, with the current leadership, cannot solve the problems of identity, strategy & democratic functioning that it faced before. It will be, for this reason, in a permanent crisis.

“This time he did not raise the issue of leadership as he had intended months ago”

SYRIZA mockingly responded to the decision of Yannis Dragasakis to leave the party and the attack he launched on Stefanos Kasselakis.

As Koumoundourou notes, “the left is a way of life. And it is always expressed with actions and not with platitudes and meaningless bigotry”.

In fact, as a postscript it is stated that “this time Mr. Dragasakis did not raise the issue of leadership as he had planned months ago…”.

The announcement of the Press Office of SYRIZA Progressive Alliance

“SYRIZA PS as well as its President, Stefanos Kasselakis, remain steadfast in the principles and values ​​that the left advocates, in substance and not for the… guys.

“Left means the conflict with vested interests and the defense of the many and the weak with all our strength. In other words, just as SYRIZA is doing both with the Law proposals it has tabled, for accuracy and taxation, as well as those it is preparing for Housing and the support of the Small and Medium Enterprises. Left means conflict with the powerful energy companies. Conflict with those who operate against the public interest. As happened in the case of Attica Bank, which SYRIZA and its President brought to the public, ignoring those who might be “disturbed” because “silence” was not maintained in the face of the looting of public property. To the left means to maintain a clear and strict attitude towards the filthy lucre of the Banks, which leaves no room for doubting your intentions.

»The left is a way of life. And it is always expressed with actions and not with platitudes and meaningless bigotry.

» P.S. This time Mr. Dragasakis did not raise the issue of leadership as he had intended months ago…”