The main opposition in disarray

People of all ideological persuasions who care about the effective functioning of Greece's democratic system cannot but watch with dismay what is happening in SYRIZA.

The country's second largest party is in disarray; not a healthy development if one accepts the premise that a country is best served through a healthy competition among solid political forces no matter what their ideological stand.

Since Stefanos Kasselakis emerged from political obscurity to become SYRIZA's new leader the the main opposition group has been riven with fights and tensions.

In the last few days key party members have left the party or been pushed out, most prominent among them former finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos.

The scene becomes more problematic by the fact that PASOK, SYRIZA's competitor within the broader spectrum of the center left, seems unable to take advantage...