“In 2023, the distinguished Professor of Medicine Othon Iliopoulos was elected Member of Parliament as head of the SYRIZA-PS Territory ballot, signaling the substantial strengthening of the ties of the democratic faction with Hellenism Abroad”, reports the secretary of the SYRIZA PS Committee Theodora Tzakri. He adds that Professor Othon Iliopoulos “contributed, not only a targeted and essential parliamentary work, but also an ethos unprecedented for the political conditions of Greece”.

She also mentions that today she came to her knowledge, as Secretary of the SYRIZA-PS Committee, “the resignation of the esteemed colleague, as he remains a fighting professor and researcher in very important and global programs that require a lot of his time outside of Greece».

He adds that “at a critical juncture, in which each and every MP of SYRIZA-PS offers their services to the Official Opposition dedicating all of their time, Professor Othon Iliopoulos did what he believed was most useful for the Country and Science”.

He emphasizes that he is “dedicating himself to his scientific work and, according to his statement, he is ceding his seat to the President of SYRIZA-PS Stefanos Kasselakis, in order not only to strengthen our Parliamentary Group through the participation of its elected president in Parliament, but also in order not to alter one of the essential signifiers of his election, that is, the physical representation of Hellenism of the Diaspora in the Greek Parliament”.

Mrs. Tzakri, on behalf of all the fellow MPs of K.O. of SYRIZA-PS, as he says, expresses “our warm thanks for his contribution as well as our warmest wishes for the success of his scientific work for the benefit of humanity”.