The meeting of the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-PS is in progress, which will finalize the text of the proposal to the Central Committee that will meet on Saturday, for the road map to the election of the leader and the extraordinary Congress of the party.

The proposal will also include the process of sanctioning the nominations (collective of signatures, date of submission of signatures). Last time there were 30 signatures of members of the KE and MPs. So far it remains the same.

The nature of the conference and the subject of the conference will be discussed in the KE. The PG will recommend that it be an emergency.

It is recalled that according to the road map decided last week by the Political Secretariat, the proposal is for the extraordinary congress of SYRIZA to take place on November 1-3, while the election of a president and a new Central Committee from the base on November 24.

If a second round is needed to elect the new president of the official opposition, the elections will take place on December 1st.

The Polakis proposal to the Central Committee for the SYRIZA elections

Pavlos Polakis presented his proposals for the internal party election process in SYRIZA before the Central Committee.

The MP from Crete, who is expected to be among the contenders for the presidential seat, proposes speeding up the procedures and holding the elections in two rounds, on November 3 and 11, as well as an immediate statutory reorganization of the party.

In more detail he stated:

“SYRIZA has plunged into a period of introversion, unprecedented tensions and public protests that have resulted, among other things, in our continuous poll decline. This process of discrediting SYRIZA in the eyes of public opinion must be reversed immediately. We cannot continue for long on the same path of constant introversion. “Immediately, we should communicate a clear programmatic speech outlining an alternative government program.”

In addition, in the proposal that we will make as PG to the Central Committee, we should take into account that the restart of the party requires:

a. Extraordinary conference to nominate candidates for Presidents.

b. Elections (possibly in two rounds) to elect a President.

c. Statutory conference to finalize required changes.

d. Elections of a new Central Committee and regional bodies (according to the new statute).

e. Program conference which will finalize our government program and mark the beginning of our political counterattack (statutory conference and program conference can be held together).

g. Immediate organizational reconstruction of the party.

With purely political criteria, with the aim of reuniting the base of the party as quickly as possible – as a prerequisite for a dynamic comeback – setting aside personal costs, group strategies, personal choices based on political survival and ignoring the public “war” in which they have to the attention of many of our executives, I submit a draft proposal of the PG to the upcoming K.E (21/9/2024).

Specifically, with the aim of speeding up the procedures for the immediate reversal of the negative climate, based on our historical path and the statutory provisions and taking into account the financial possibilities of SYRIZA, I propose:

K.E. to decide on an extraordinary congress with the participation of the newly elected congressmen. The conference, (with provision for physical as well as remote participation), will decide on the nomination of the candidates and will reach a political decision”.

Mr. Polakis also proposes the timetable, namely:

1. 29/09/2024 Submission of nominations

2. 05/10/2024 Permanent conference

3. 03/11/2024 First vote for President

4. 10/11/2024 Second vote for President

While stating:

“Outside the microcosm of SYRIZA, society faces acute problems that lead even ND MPs to oppose.

At this juncture, prolonging a period of extreme introversion for no serious reason is the best gift for the opponent.”