Stefanos Kasselakis goes on the counterattack with a new post on Facebook, after the decision of the Central Committee to exclude him from the race for the presidency of SYRIZA. It calls on citizens to register on the lists by October 24, so that they can vote for congressmen. “Let’s fill SYRIZA with thousands #I’m_here” he says characteristically.

“The minority of the members of a body prohibited the legally elected chairman of the party from running again (…) You know by now that a handful of people are capable of everything. If they see that they cannot win the conference, they will postpone it again. But even the mechanisms have their limits (…) I ask you to become a shield of Democracy. If you are a left-wing and progressive citizen and are not a member of SYRIZA already, register immediately, until October 24th, to be able to vote for delegates. Let’s fill SYRIZA with thousands of #Iam_here”.

“It would be an easy solution to run away, But I invite you to the difficult: to win back the dignity of the democratic faction. She doesn’t deserve this humiliation (…) Take SYRIZA into your hands. At the Congress, Democracy Strikes Back” he adds in his post.

Kasselaki’s post in detail

A minority of members of a body barred the legally elected president of the party from standing again.

It is an unprecedented event in the history of the place.

It is a shocking event in the history of the Left.

But the highest organ of SYRIZA is the Congress. That will decide everything.

Our voice is the Congress.

You know by now that a handful of people are capable of everything. If they see that they cannot win the conference, they will postpone it again.

But the mechanisms also have their limits.

And that is why I am asking you to become a great wave of democracy that will sweep away all these mechanisms.

I know you feel sadness, anger, frustration.

Turn these into stubbornness, strength and struggle.

I ask you not to leave OM.

I ask you to be a shield of Democracy.

If you are a left-wing and progressive citizen and are not a member of SYRIZA already, register immediately, until October 24th, to be able to vote for delegates.

Let’s fill SYRIZA with thousands of #Iam_here.

Running away would be an easy solution.

But I invite you to the difficult: to win back the dignity of the democratic faction.

She doesn’t deserve this humiliation.

It is not worth the struggles of our grandfathers for freedom and democracy. It is not worth our children’s hopes for a fair society with equal opportunities.

The Left cannot rule out.

The Left must be open to tomorrow.

Take SYRIZA into your hands.

At the conference,

The Republic fights back.