Syriza leadership election

In a vote late Thursday, SYRIZA's political secretariat confirmed that Stefanos Kasselakis has been removed as leader of the main opposition following a weekend vote of no confidence by the party's central committee. Seventeen members voted in favor of his removal, with one dissenting vote from MP Theodora Tzakri.

Former SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis took to social media late on Thursday to condemn "unbelievable provocations - from fake dialogues to fake invitations."
 
Kasselakis' post was published on social media during an emergency meeting of the party's political secretariat and as a small group of people gathered outside SYRIZA headquarters to protest against his removal.
 

The issue of who holds legal and administrative responsibility within SYRIZA after Stefanos Kasselakis’ dismissal has been raised by his team through an official leak concerning today’s developments, shortly before the emergency meeting of the Political Secretariat.

The Ethics, Statute Implementation, and Certification Committee (EDEKAP) of SYRIZA has decided to convene an emergency meeting of the party’s Political Secretariat today at 8:00 PM. The meeting will address the atmosphere of dissent regarding the decision of the Central Committee to remove Stefanos Kasselakis from his leadership role.

Ousted SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis will not set up a new party and will remain in SYRIZA, one of his associates has said.

In an interview with Mega television, SYRIZA MP Theodora Tzakri said that she has been in daily contact with Kasselakis since his removal office following a central committee vote of no confidence.

Stefanos Kasselakis has issued a call for heightened vigilance within his political machinery today, having commenced a series of meetings with his close associates. This move follows the finalization of the roadmap for electing a new SYRIZA President and the evolving alliances and dynamics within the Political Secretariat.

The never-ending drama of SYRIZA's internal strife continued over the weekend with the members of the party's central committee approving a motion of no confidence in its president Stefanos Kasselakis, paving the way for yet another election contest for SYRIZA's leadership.

Greece's main opposition party, SYRIZA, will hold a party congress from November 1-3 ahead of its leadership elections on November 24, with a potential runoff scheduled for December 1, as announced on Tuesday.

The Central Committee of SYRIZA, meeting today, was divided but ultimately reached a compromise. While Polakis and Kasselakis supporters called for immediate elections, the “87” faction pushed for a December timeline.

What is happening in the political opposition at the moment is very bad. It is bad for everyone. SYRIZA turns out to have been an opportunistic formation based on the charisma of former leader (and premier) Alexis Tsipras and was the product of great and justified public anger.