SYRIZA MP criticizes party chief, points to potential challenger

SYRIZA MP and member of the political secretariat, the top executive of the leftist opposition, Costas Zachariadis, has criticized the stance of party chief Stefanos Kasselakis, as expressed on the opening day of the party's congress, as divisive, while pointing to Olga Gerovasili as a potential challenger to his leadership.

Gerovasili, a former minister of citizen protection, is a close associate of former prime minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and led a revolt against the current president earlier this week.

"There will certainly be a rival candidacy against Kasselakis," Zachariadis told Antenna TV on Friday, before mentioning her name.

On Thursday, it was Kasselakis who challenged his in-party rivals to field a candidate for a new leadership contest in an impassioned and aggressive speech at the congress.

"Find me an opponent. Find me an...