The meeting of the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA is in progress, with the topics mainly focused on issues related to the conduct of the conference.

Theodora Tzakri raised questions regarding the attendance of the conference, citing the difficulties that would be encountered in holding a hybrid conference. Yannis Ragousis informed that so far 230,000 members have been identified with full details.

The issue of Kasselakis was not missing from the “frame”, with Katerina Notopoulou stressing that the ousted president “is moving against SYRIZA”.

In particular, Theodora Tzakri raised questions about the conduct of the Conference and asked for details about the space and also about issues concerning the attendance of the conference participants.

“Where will the conference take place after all?” What is the capacity of the space, what is the functionality of the space, if it is finalized that the space is this GAZI live? Where will the certification of the delegates take place?”, he said, among other things, while also raising security issues of the venue.

Regarding the presence of the congressmen, he said: “At this moment it is unthinkable that the party does not even cover the travel expenses of the congressmen and when it received a 2.5 million state grant a few days ago. It is clear that a leftist party is proceeding in a strictly class-based manner. Those who have should participate and those who don’t should not come.’

He pointed out that “the answer does not lie in the hybridity of the conference”, as, as he said, “strict identification on Zoom” are “jokes”. “Some will vote openly on Zoom with their face and some others in a ballot box?”, he asked.

For the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), he emphasized that it must be agreed whether the CET will be responsible for appointing it and under what conditions, while also asking for “the criteria by which the delegate certification committee will operate and who sets them?” .

From the side of Yannis Ragousis he noted that “to date, 230,000 members have been identified with full details”, adding that “the actual new registrations will reach about 2,500 because many who signed up these days were already registered”.

Also the Katerina Notopoulou stated: “Stefanos Kasselakis is pretending to be the president or the candidate for president with the help of members of the PG who are mocking us, while he is openly moving against SYRIZA in the service of the Mitsotakis plan?” The logic introduced by Kasselakis “either with us or against us” is anti-democratic and authoritarian. To ensure the possibility of participation for delegates from the province.

OR Olga Gerovasili he referred to the non-acceptance of the majority democratic decisions of the party by Stefanos Kasselakis. “When it suited him the decisions were democratic, when they stopped suiting him they became diversionary” he said characteristically.
He also mentioned that “Stefanos Kasselakis is now throwing threats at the party when he says that his followers will not be gentle and kind” at the congress. The party is openly threatened by this side.”
“We are not all to blame for the current situation in the party, as it is shallowly formulated” he noted and emphasized “We have a historical responsibility to defend our principles and values”.