Stefanos Kasselakis
SYRIZA’s future in balance as it braces for showdown
The exclusion of former party head Stefanos Kasselakis from the leadership election has plunged main opposition SYRIZA into fresh turmoil.
The majority insists there are now two camps: the party and Kasselakis.
Kasselakis condemns ‘Stalinist’ announcement confirming his exclusion from leadership race
Stefanos Kasselakis has condemned as "Stalinist" a statement by SYRIZA, the left-wing party he once led, which announced on Monday that the decision to exclude him from the upcoming leadership elections is "immediately enforceable and irrevocable."
Decision to exclude Kasselakis ‘immediately enforceable and irrevocable,’ party says
The left-wing SYRIZA opposition has responded to an attack from Stefanos Kasselakis, confirming that the recently deposed leader has been barred from running in the upcoming leadership elections.
SYRIZA: Immediate and final decision regarding Kasselakis
SYRIZA has issued a statement declaring the Central Committee’s decision, which stipulates that Stefanos Kasselakis cannot run for the party’s presidency, as “immediately enforceable and irrevocable.”
A time of reckoning for the center-left
Nikos Androulakis was reelected as PASOK leader after defeating challenger Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, in a runoff on Sunday, securing nearly 60 percent of the vote.
Meanwhile, SYRIZA's central committee, in a heated meeting filled with tension and verbal clashes, voted to bar recently ousted leader Stefanos Kasselakis from running in the party's upcoming leadership contest.
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Kasselakis on his disqualification: Unprecedented event, take SYRIZA in your hands, democracy will be fighting back
On Monday morning, Stefanos Kasselakis made his first extended statement, in which he revealed some of his intentions for the coming period.
In the video he posted on Facebook, he calls the decision to exclude him from the Central Committee to run for president of SYRIZA unprecedented and shocking.
Kasselakis slams central committee for blocking candidacy, vows to fight back at party congress
Ousted SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis took to social media on Monday to criticize the left-wing party's central committee after it voted over the weekend to bar him from running as a candidate in the upcoming leadership election.
SYRIZA’s future: Split or referendum Kasselakis’ next moves after Central Committee showdown
Time and support are running out for former president Stefanos Kasselakis, whose political maneuvering options are narrowing.
SYRIZA: The Central Committee’s “so far” to Kasselakis – The background, the protagonists and the next day
Yesterday, the Central Committee of SYRIZA Progressive Alliance delivered a second blow to former party leader Stefanos Kasselakis. Following his impeachment, the committee voted by roll call—140 in favor and 12 against—to officially exclude him from the race for the party’s new leadership.
Kasselakis meets with Tzakri and Kapnisakis in Neo Psychiko after election disqualification
Late on Saturday, Stefanos Kasselakis was spotted at a café in Neo Psychiko with close associates following the stormy session of the party’s Central Committee, which decided to exclude him from the internal elections.
The former SYRIZA president was seen discussing the developments within the party with Manolis Kapnisakis and Theodora Tzakri.