Of Antonis Anzoletou
“Streams of ideas, not mechanisms of reproduction of officials.” With this warning, Alexis Tsipras asked the party’s tendencies to stop the groupings “that do not have an ideological strategy”, as he added. “We are a party on the move, not a spidery dogmatic party with a loyal commitment to methods and perceptions that no longer work,” he said, addressing the minority reacting to the constitutional changes.
The president of SYRIZA appeared determined to close the cycle of introversion in which the party has entered since the summer of 2019, when it lost the elections. One of the reasons for the internal party unrest was the non-realization of the top party process due to the coronavirus.
Alexis Tsipras with the vote for the election of the president and the Central Committee by the members (76% in favor) proved that he is the absolute ruler in Koumoundourou, however the demand from now on is for the party to focus entirely on its opposition work.
A big bet, as it turned out through his speech, is the turnout at the polls on May 15. Aiming to project the image of a united party: “Success and mass participation in the process will not only be a bet for SYRIZA – PS will also be a message to the worst government the country has ever known. It will be a message that SYRIZA is getting stronger and the nightmare is ending. It will be the message that the Mitsotakis government is ending “.
Peaks and self-criticism
“We will not come to play in our opponents’ field. We will not come to replace the blue golden boys with red-green ones. We will not come to check justice with our own judges. We will not come to control the media. But to support them with objective criteria and by setting rules of pluralism, objectivity and democracy. We will not build our own ERT and EYP, in the office of the University of Thessaloniki “, he said, pointing to the side of Pavlos Polakis who has referred several times to the issue of judges, talking about the establishment of even a new school. “We will avoid repeating mistakes that we also made in our term, we have recognized them and we know that they were mistakes” because, as he noted, “in the field of transparency, meritocracy, democracy, accountability, we can win. “And only then will things really be different,” he said with a dose of self-criticism for the second time in four days. It is recalled that the president of SYRIZA from July 2020 in an interview with “Kathimerini” had made a first report on the case of Novartis, stressing then: “There, we could have handled the case with less naivety and say : Which three appear to have more to do with the scandal? “Well, we are going to the Pre-Investigation of these three and we will not return the case to the Court for it to judge”.
Attack on the government
His criticism of the Maximos Palace was even louder than his introductory speech. “They were disturbed by ‘socialism or barbarism.’ I answer them: do not be upset, our 5 + 1 commitments are not socialism, it is the way to avoid barbarism. “He even explained why he likens the current government to a regime: We are talking about regime function because they have exceeded all limits of democracy, honesty and morality.
– The public coffers were destroyed with direct assignments of 7 billion in 18 months.
– Hundreds of blue-eyed golden boys in government positions with hefty salaries. At PPC -3.26% we left 27 directors in 2019 to become 105 today. And 60 assistant directors to become 250 by Mr. Mitsotakis. With salaries from 6 to 8,000 euros per month “.
The elections
Alexis Tsipras again addressed an invitation-challenge to the progressive forces to open their papers for the day after the elections, intensifying the pressure on KINAL. “If they can not take a position on everything for reasons of tactics, at least to make it clear that they will not become Mr. Mitsotakis’ crutch.” He also explained why he constantly asks to go to the polls, saying: “The exhaustion of 4 years nullifies any possibility of a decent defeat of ND and, therefore, leads to an even greater victory of SYRIZA from the first ballot box, with the simple proportional”.
The volume
It was not in vain for SYRIZA to close the conference process. “Umbrella” disagreed with the suggestion of the statute committee, requesting the registration of new members to be done only in person in the presence of the interested party and not by electronic request. The issue was put to the vote by show of hands. The result was not so obvious and according to the people of “Umbrella” when the process was repeated and the counting began in the stands of the closed stadium, even the defeat of the presidential wing became apparent.
The spirits were sharpened and Panos Skourletis spoke on behalf of “Umbrella”, asking for ballot boxes to be set up.
The answer came from Dimitris Tzanakopoulos proposing to set up a third ballot box on May 15 for the entire statute. The concern he expressed was that there was a risk of altering the real will of the conference, as a large part of its members had already left the closed Tae Kwon Do, as it was from the province. The claim was described as “untrue” by people from the minority side, but the presidential wing insists that the departures were numerous and justified. The counterclaims continued and finally the proposal of the secretary of the Central Committee was voted in favor by the body with the “Umbrella” withdrawing through the mouth of Panos Skourletis from the specific vote.
Euclid Tsakalotos tried to compromise, proposing that SYRIZA proceed as it is but that a statutory conference be held in two months. “To find a compromise solution … so that we can agree that the body should be dominant, that it can talk. “To discuss arguments”, he stated characteristically.
Alexis Tsipras closed the dispute by saying that there is no reason to hold a statutory conference. “We have in our statutes procedures that provide and we can have a very substantive discussion. We can either with the permanent congress or with the direct approval of our members in a digital way through a wide discussion in the Organizations of our party. We have the way. And I pledge that with a spirit of understanding and cooperation we will all be able to move forward together. That’s what I think is crucial today. ” He also stressed that there is no backlog because “anyway on the 15th of the month with a personal presence will be presented at the ballot box and members will be registered. This is not a digital virtual reality nor will we include members who have written digitally and have not participated, have not been presented until then. So I do not think there is a disagreement on this issue. “
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