SYRIZA leadership candidates to meet amid crisis over Kasselakis’ future

The five candidates in the SYRIZA leadership race have been called to a meeting at the party's headquarters on Thursday. Meanwhile, the party's disciplinary committee will meet at 6pm on Wednesday to discuss the possible expulsion of candidate and ousted leader Stefanos Kasselakis.

"I am taking the initiative to call all candidates to a meeting tomorrow at 1pm at Koumoundourou Square to decide on the pre-election procedures and the dates for the televised debates," SYRIZA MP and presidential candidate Pavlos Polakis told parliament on Wednesday. Kasselakis, Nikolaos Farantouris and Apostolos Gkletsos have reportedly accepted the invitation. Sokratis Famellos, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday, has also been informed. 

SYRIZA is facing its most serious internal crisis in years as tensions mount over Kasselakis' political future. He filed on Tuesday an official...