Left-wing populism

Stefanos Kasselakis has appointed Nikos Pappas as the head of SYRIZA’s Parliamentary Group, aiming to influence the internal dynamics of the party’s Central Committee. This move comes as Pavlos Polakis has announced his intention to table a motion of no-confidence, potentially triggering a process for electing a new party leader.

Recently ousted party MP Pavlos Polakis called for a change in leadership, though he did not directly name party leader  Kasselakis.

"The leadership cannot move forward like this. It cannot provide a political solution. Change is needed, and I will contribute to this effort for change," Polakis reportedly said in front of Political Secretariat members.

The group of 87 members has resigned from the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA.

The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has accused the President and officials of SYRIZA of deliberate and complete distortion of the truth, responding to comments by Kasselakis, who claimed that absorption of the civil protection programs from the Recovery Fund is only at 1%.

SYRIZA has submitted an official request for information regarding the aerial means that were flying yesterday during the devastating fire in Attica.

The “Kasselistas” are escalating their internal power play, pressuring the five alternates on the SYRIZA State List. So far, the first alternate, Popi Tsapanidou, along with the other four candidates who could claim Iliopoulos’ seat, have remained silent.

Othon Iliopoulos, a professor of medicine in the U.S. and head of SYRIZA’s State List, has resigned from his position as a Member of Parliament for the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance. In his resignation letter to the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, Iliopoulos expressed his hope that his resignation would not deprive Greeks abroad of representation in Parliament.

The Committee on Institutions and Transparency will meet Friday morning in Parliament to address concerns from opposition parties stemming from a recent Supreme Court ruling on the wiretapping case involving illegal spyware.

In the wake of the decision by the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office to shelve the complaints about the wiretapping case related to state bodies such as the National Intelligence Service (EYP), opposition parties SYRIZA, PASOK, New Left and Course for Freedom have formed a common front demanding that the entire case file is sent to Parliament.

The endless rumblings in SYRIZA and the prime minister's need to satisfy the "pure" right-wingers in New Democracy show how the country's two largest parties are struggling to meet the time's great changes.