Olga Gerovasili

Former SYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis announced on social media Monday that he intends to reclaim leadership of the leftist opposition party in the upcoming election on November 24.

The process of electing a new president for the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is shaping up to be a tough political battle, as many potential candidates remain hesitant to reveal their intentions early on, except Pavlos Polakis. This follows the finalization of the roadmap for internal party elections.

SYRIZA MP and former minister Olga Gerovasili said on Monday that she will not run for party president in the upcoming election on November 24.

Speaking on Antenna TV, the 63-year-old nevertheless expressed strong opposition to the recently ousted party leader, Stefanos Kasselakis.

The Central Committee of the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance concluded its sessions yesterday, with the “87” faction emerging as the clear frontrunner, solidifying the framework for the party’s leadership election. Their proposals comfortably dominated the proceedings, setting the course for selecting the new leader of Greece’s main opposition party.

A quote from Stefanos Kasselakis seems to “lock in” his candidacy for the leadership of SYRIZA, judging by how he addressed party MPs in their latest conversation.

Specifically, Mr. Kasselakis, speaking via Skype, said: “I will do everything to prove worthy of your trust and that of all SYRIZA members who are concerned about the party’s future.”

SYRIZA MP Olga Gerovasili slammed recently-ousted party leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Wednesday but stopped short of confirming whether she will run for the party leadership in the upcoming election.

With the ousted President of SYRIZA Progressive Alliance, Stefanos Kasselakis, currently in Italy, as revealed today by protothema.gr, top party officials are meeting this afternoon with a “toolbox” of criteria to finalize the roadmap, the characteristics of the upcoming Congress, and primarily the terms for participating in the race for new leadership.

With a difference of 58 days—on October 13 and December 1—PASOK and SYRIZA will elect their leadership.

The political landscape, shaped by the Prime Minister’s announcements at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) and developments within SYRIZA and PASOK, is captured in a major GPO poll presented on Star’s main news broadcast.

SYRIZA’s top officials are set to face the new reality following Stefanos Kasselakis’s removal from the leadership of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, as the Political Secretariat meets today at 4 p.m. Tensions remain high within the party.