Difficult day after for headless SYRIZA

The historic - by parliamentary standards - dismissal of Stefanos Kasselakis as leader of SYRIZA has landed the leftist opposition party in uncharted waters. 

SYRIZA is headless for the second consecutive year, its presence at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) will be feeble, while it is not charging into the budget battle that will soon begin firing on all cylinders.

Kasselakis' ouster was essentially brought about by the decision of his former ally Pavlos Polakis to challenge him.

Reports suggest that the "Group of 87" managed to collect 140-145 votes with the decisive contribution of about 20 influential members of the central committee that are under the influence of Polakis.

Several people noted that he also managed to lure Kasselakis supporters. The so-called "guard" of his predecessor Alexis Tsipras has been working all this time on a plan...