By Antonis Anzoletou

A clear “victory” was achieved yesterday by the internal party opposition, with Stefanos Kasselakis to “lose the ground under his feet”. She was the first defeat of the president of SYRIZA who had not taken care to see the “signs”.

Half of the parliamentary group had disagreed with the changes he made in the presidency, the Statute Committee did not pass many of his proposals, the Ethics Committee is having difficulty finding a majority to delete Christos Spirtzis, but also at the recent meeting of the Political Secretariat the majority it had was marginal just “10-9”.

There were three factors that led to Stefanos Kasselakis outside the 7th floor of Koumoundourou. THE Pavlos Polakis she pressed the “red button” and challenged him. According to information, the majority of the 163 members achieved is estimated to have had the “subscription” of approximately 20 votes from the Chanio MP. It is considered very likely that supporters of Stefanos Kasselakis were also approached.

The second factor was the coordinated way he acted the team of “87” throughout the last period with constant pressure on the leadership and many “fermentations” with party officials.

OR secret ballot it was the occasion to unleash forces of challenge on the president’s side. On Saturday night, the “score” read 122-90 and the internal party opposition, united with Pavlos Polakis, showed that it is not far from removing the president from his office. It is certain that the two sides will take different paths on the way to the elections since there are too many things that separate them.

The former deputy minister of health has announced that he will be a candidate, while the so-called “Tsipras guard” is also expected to find the person who will represent them in the crucial battle to come.

According to many, the damage suffered by Stefanos Kasselakis it was double. In addition to the defeat by persisting and not leading the party alone in elections, he lost the opportunity in a critical period to remain its president SYRIZAto participate in the organs, to carry out his opposition work, but also to go up to the TIF in a few days for the first time as the leader of the official opposition. In this phase the former president of SYRIZA will look to regroup his forces and make his decisions.

It is normal for his “camp” to be confused after yesterday’s result. His intentions may be reflected in his statement to the Central Committee that “I will tell the world of SYRIZA my decisions”. No one expected him to open his papers to the institution that challenged him. He insists he derives his permanency from the party’s base, which is different from the 2022 convention.

Tomorrow the Political Secretariat will probably meet in order to chart the “road axis” from now on, with the Central Committee convening again in 15 days.

The extraordinary convention will officially announce the nominations for the presidency. The time of the elections will be decided in one of the bodies. At the TIF for SYRIZA will be the president of the parliamentary group, Nikos Pappas.