By a lot harsh “blame” against the leadership, eight prominent members of the body who are close to the group of “87” left the meeting of the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA on Thursday afternoon.

The Olga Gerovasili, Alekos Flambouraris, Yannis Ragousis, Thanasis Theocharopoulos, Kostas Zachariadis, Zoe Karkoulia, Eleni Symeonidou and Katerina Notopoulou disagree with the proposals of the leadership. They submitted their own text at the same time.

The departure comes in the shadow of the direct questioning of the leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis by Pavlos Polakis.

In their text the “eight” they say “no” to the suggestion of the president for the media of the party, but they also oppose his entry into the Parliament through the State ballot.

“We do not legitimize procedures, attitudes and decisions, which trivialize us as persons and our Party. The refusal to provide financial information to P.G. it means a lot about the rules imposed on the New SYRIZA, which only the left do not express” highlighted in the text of “eight”.

“The resignation of comrade and distinguished scientist Othonas Iliopoulos was done for extraneous reasons, from his non-institutional reference, that he resigns to deliver to a person of his choice, even if that person is the President. SYRIZA-PS is an institutional party and it cannot operate outside of what the Constitution, the rules of the House and our statutes stipulate, leaving members of the state ballot to be slandered and targeted”.

“The continuation of introversion and character assassination for whatever reason, the only one they serve is the Mitsotakis government and the maintenance. We cannot legitimize this tactic and these decisions without a proposal from the leadership of SYRIZA-PS, without respecting the statute and the standing principles and values ​​of our faction,” the text reads.

The letter of the “eight” in detail

“We do not legitimize procedures, attitudes and decisions, which trivialize us as persons and our Party.

In the only topic of the day’s discussion concerning the SYRIZA-PS Mass Media, no proposal of the President and no proposal of sustainability was given, while
is continued even by the members of the P.G. the concealment of details surrounding the party’s finances, despite an increase in expenses over the last year. Despite the President’s personal commitment to provide data on the number of employees, salaries and recruitment time to the party, the media and the Poulantzas Foundation, not only was nothing given, but today there was no information and no information, to the formally and effectively responsible body of party. The leadership of the party should have given this information even to the members of the K.E. , according to the statute. The refusal to provide financial information to P.G. it means a lot for the rules imposed on New SYRIZA, which only the left does not express.

And while the media workers of SYRIZA-PS have not been paid, neither their salaries nor their allowances, the party’s leadership is asking, without submitting a proposal, for a blank check.

Statements that show that a separatist plan is underway are at least reprehensible and foreign to our area, and the leadership must take a clear position.

The implementation of decisions and the subsequent attempt to receive a blank check from the leadership of the party acts in the direction of discrediting our party and also reducing the trust between us.

It is unacceptable today in P.G. off the agenda, to raise the issue of the resignation of the elected and the participants in the regional ballot, constantly feeding back the introversion and non-production of politics. Especially when there is a factional operation, with pressure on a number of Prefectural Committees for identical decisions in favor of the resignation of the participants in the regional ballot.

The resignation of the comrade and distinguished scientist Othon Iliopoulos was done for reasons unrelated to his non-institutional report, that he is resigning to hand over to a person of his choice, even if this is the person of the President. SYRIZA-PS is an institutional party and cannot operate outside of what the Constitution, the rules of the Parliament and our statutes stipulate, leaving members of the state ballot to be slandered and targeted. The leadership of the party has an obligation to preserve unity and not to allow initiatives to act divisively at all party levels.

The continuation of introversion and character assassination for whatever reason, the only thing they serve is the Mitsotakis government and the maintenance.

We cannot legitimize this tactic and these decisions without a proposal from the leadership of SYRIZA-PS, without respecting the statute and the permanent principles and values ​​of our party.”