SYRIZA: Kasselakis appoints Nikos Pappas to replace Famellos

Stefanos Kasselakis has appointed Nikos Pappas arsenic the caput of SYRIZA’s Parliamentary Group, aiming to power the interior dynamics of the party’s Central Committee. This determination comes arsenic Pavlos Polakis has announced his volition to array a question of no-confidence, perchance triggering a process for electing a caller enactment leader.

Additionally, determination person been important changes successful the enactment of SYRIZA’s Parliamentary Group. The caller parliamentary representatives are:

• Giannis Sarakiotis
• Nina Kasimati
• Giorgos Gavrilos

They replace:

• Nikos Pappas
• Theofilos Xanthopoulos
• Dionysis Kalamatiannis

Deputy Parliamentary Representative: Vasilis Kokkalis

Coordinator of the Policy Committee (EPEKE): Giota Poulou

Deputy Coordinator of the Policy Committee (EPEKE): Rallia Christidou

The Disagreement

It should beryllium noted that Socrates Famellos had openly disagreed with the President of SYRIZA PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, during the league of the Central Committee past July, erstwhile the contented of postponing the October Congress was raised.

Additionally, Socrates Famellos’s sanction was prominently mentioned arsenic a imaginable campaigner for the enactment presumption successful the lawsuit of a situation to the existent President pursuing a ballot of nary confidence.

The Background with Popi Tsapanidou

It is worthy mentioning that today, aft 11:30 a.m., well-known writer and erstwhile SYRIZA PS spokesperson, Popi Tsapanidou, entered the Koumoundouros gathering to conscionable with the Director of the President of the party, Manolis Kapnisakis.

The gathering was reportedly scheduled yesterday, erstwhile Koumoundourou invited Ms. Tsapanidou for a backstage gathering to clarify her presumption regarding the vacant parliamentary spot pursuing Othonas Iliopoulos’s resignation from the caput of the party’s nationalist list.

Ms. Tsapanidou is said to person responded to Koumoundourou officials that soon earlier their meeting, she had been approached by the Presidency of the Parliament to code the anticipation of filling the vacant spot and had already responded positively.

It is noted that circles of the parliamentary presidency had emphasized that the erstwhile SYRIZA spokesperson was the archetypal alternate and needed to clarify her intentions regarding the parliamentary spot by tomorrow, August 28, with the resumption of parliamentary activities. However, the Parliamentary Presidency reportedly sought Ms. Tsapanidou today, and she is expected to instrumentality the oath arsenic a subordinate of the nationalist database this coming Friday.

As she stated soon aft successful a societal media post: “I was conscionable officially invited by the Parliamentary Presidency, according to the Constitution, the electoral process, and the parliamentary rules, to capable the vacant spot arsenic the archetypal alternate connected SYRIZA PS’s nationalist list. Considering that the nationalist database of SYRIZA has been validated by the Greek radical successful 2 successive electoral contests, I judge the highest work to comply with the Constitution and the fashionable mandate.”

The Parliamentary Group Meeting

The president of SYRIZA is attempting to regain inaugural wrong the party, arsenic Koumoundourou has been moving to the “rhythm of Pavlos Polakis” since past Thursday, erstwhile the now-independent MP for Chania openly challenged the enactment of the main absorption party.

The absorption of Stefanos Kasselakis’s initiatives against the unfastened situation from his erstwhile ardent supporter, Pavlos Polakis, is expected to beryllium today’s exigency gathering of the party’s Parliamentary Group. Although the enactment spokesperson, Voula Kechagi, conducted the accustomed briefing for governmental reporters yesterday, determination was nary notation of this meeting. Later yesterday, it became known that the Parliamentary Group would conscionable astatine 6 p.m. today, with Koumoundouros trying to marque an archetypal astonishment move.

Although SYRIZA officials conveyed that this was the archetypal gathering of the Parliamentary Group besides owed to the resumption of parliamentary activities, the interior ambiance remains highly charged. This is peculiarly existent considering that successful their past gathering earlier the summertime break, SYRIZA MPs witnessed successful item the expulsion of Pavlos Polakis, with whom Koumoundourou seems unwilling to wholly sever ties.

On the contrary, Koumoundourou aims to springiness Polakis’s stance a purely governmental dimension, with spokesperson Voula Kechagi commenting yesterday that “Mr. Polakis speaks politically and we telephone connected each enactment members who attraction astir the aboriginal of SYRIZA and its being a credible main absorption that volition yet question to govern the state to talk openly and archer their truths.”

A Surprising Move

At the aforesaid time, it is highly apt that the President of SYRIZA PS volition conscionable successful the coming days with some Pavlos Polakis and Athena Linou, with overmuch depending connected today’s Parliamentary Group meeting, successful which Mr. Kasselakis is expected to intervene from afar, either online oregon done different means.

“Moral Instigator” of the Trolls

Meanwhile, yesterday saw a highest successful interior enactment reactions regarding the wide attacks faced online by SYRIZA PS MP for Thessaloniki, Katerina Notopoulou, from anonymous troll accounts. Among the abusive comments she received, determination were galore with pointed references to her mode of speaking, which is, however, a effect of her proceeding impairment.

As the integer struggle betwixt the “Kasselakis” and “87” factions rages connected societal networks, the President of SYRIZA PS remarked that “I condemn immoderate signifier of bullying, whether online oregon successful person, connected tv oregon successful Parliament, astatine the stadium oregon astatine home. It is unacceptable for our chap citizens to beryllium targeted for their disability, their carnal appearance, their orientation, their origin, and truthful on,” without specifically naming Ms. Notopoulou.

— Stefanos Kasselakis – Στέφανος Κασσελάκης (@skasselakis) August 26, 2024