For the “civil war” in Koumoundourou and for him Stefanos Kasselakis spoke his executive SYRIZA, Christos Spirtzison Wednesday morning at .

Denying categorically that there is an attempt to exclude the candidacy of Kasselakis from the internal party elections, Mr. Spirtzis stated that it is not exclusion of anyone if the party asks each candidate for a clean criminal record and a statement of where they belong. “The Political Secretariat held a meeting, discussed the obvious, namely that everyone must respect the statute, have a clean criminal record and a clear source of ties. Let me remind you that under the responsibility of Stefanos Kasselakis, for 2 weeks before the election, the discussion was monopolized by the non-declaration of his side”.

Asked about the popularity ratings of Mr. Kasselakis, which far exceed those of Alexis Tsipras, the former minister stated that he is not worried about these ratings, but the “shrinkage and introversion rates of SYRIZA”. At the same time, he underlined that Kasselakis’ attitude has alienated other voters of the party, even more since the European elections in June, as he “proved that he only cares about his chair”.

“What we have been living for the last 11 months is a movie, a comedy to be exact, and a bad one at that. A president cannot have a Central Committee elected from the grassroots and not accept the censure against him and that the party itself has rejected him. You understand that if he is re-elected president, he will sit alone. Two foreign spaces in perception cannot coexist. But my opinion is that this will not happen, because he will not be re-elected”.