The letter independence of by him SYRIZA – PS delivered today Evangelos Apostolakis to the Speaker of the Parliament Konstantinos Tassoulas.

In particular, Mr. Apostolakis states in his letter:

“Dear Mr. President of the Hellenic Parliament.

With this letter I inform you of my withdrawal from the Parliamentary Group of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance.

From now on I will be an independent Member of State in the Greek Parliament”.

The now independent member of parliament was by his side from the beginning Stefanou Kasselakishowever, in his statement yesterday, he did not specify whether he will join the party of the former president of SYRIZA.

Now SYRIZA remains with 27 MPs in Parliament, while the total number of independent MPs is 23.

SYRIZA – PS spoke of a “shameful apostasy” in its statement yesterday, referring to the announcement of independence by Evangelos Apostolakis.

Among other things, SYRIZA reported that Mr. Apostolakis “didn’t think about either the Party that honored him by placing him on the State Ballot, nor the voters of SYRIZA-PS” and that he “insults the choice of the members of SYRIZA-PS”. He also asked Mr. Apostolakis “even at the last moment to hand over the seat that does not belong to him, especially since SYRIZA-PS placed him on the State Ballot”.