For the crucial meeting of the Central Committee of SYRIZA on Saturday, as well as for a possible review of his deletion Stefanou Kasselakis from the “87” group, spoke o Socrates Famous to and to “Mismatched» on Friday morning.

Initially, the member of parliament and SYRIZA president candidate stated that the reason he chose to run for the leadership of the Official Opposition is precisely to stop this “downfall that citizens are experiencing with energy, wages and health”. As he said, “what we are experiencing with energy is the reflection of the failure of the government and of Kyriakos Mitsotakis”, while he added:

“We have to deal with the real problems of society. This downward spiral in SYRIZA goes no further, not all issues can be solved through gossip or out of court. There are parties and procedures. Do we accuse the government of not enforcing the rule of law when we don’t enforce our own rules? We can no longer deal with parapolitics, personally I feel a distance”.

Regarding Mr. Kasselakis and the call for an investigation that he addressed yesterday after the publication of his report, Mr. Famellos expressed his deep distress about what an extra-judicial means, arguing that “the former president does not respect the decisions of the bodies , while he says at the end that he will go to the Prosecutor’s Office. His interview yesterday was not political, did you hear anything about the charge of collusion?’

Asked about the upcoming SYRIZA Congress, he did not hide his concern for a new wave of division. “Those who cannot produce policy, create contradictions, impressions and, unfortunately, division. I have never been a fan of deletions and exclusions, as you know, I suggested to the former president that we go to the process of appealing to the ballot box without censure, without a stigma on our party, without him packing his things and leaving. He did not accept it and caused the censure of the Central Committee. Shrinkage is the responsibility of the previous president, what should we do?’

“Can we participate in elections of a party to which we send extrajudicial?”

Then, regarding the “wreck” of Pavlos Polakis’ initiative regarding a joint meeting of all presidential candidates, Sokratis Famellos said:

“When there are rules and a party and therefore we are not personalities that move around alone, this meeting, like any other such, had to take place under the responsibility of the party organs. We cannot meet without consultation with the party, in SYRIZA the nominations are coming down. It is not possible to violate the Democracy itself”.

He concluded by saying that the reason he is running is because SYRIZA is not doing well. “Not just to say that the choices of the previous period were wrong, but to upgrade ourselves. So the elections must give prestige and political quality. And I wonder, can we participate in the elections of a party that we do not value and to which we send extrajudicial orders? It’s a big lie that we’re all the same”