Operation: Capture of Komondoro | Liberal.gr

All their lives squatters, they want to squat even in their homes. This proposal came from a movement that does not agree with the path taken by Syriza during the Kasellakis era.

I am one of the last people who will support the new leader, but whether we like it or not, Syriza’s friends favored him. It was an electoral process that no one questioned and no one in time raised the issue of forging two signatures so that Stefanos Kasellakis could participate in the elections. Those concerned let the matter pass like this, because they did not imagine the development of events. Their fault, but after removal from the cash register, no error was identified.

Therefore, as a distant observer, I see no reason why the newly elected leader should be removed, as everyone agreed on the method of election and those who voted knew first what they did not want to vote for and then voted for who they believed. The radical left can be rebuilt. As is known in democracies, the decadent slogan “People, shame on you for your election” does not apply, and the concept of the “severed hand” moves more in the field of Kasora than in the field of politics.

If some people don’t like Syriza’s path, they can leave. That is their right, and I agree with both Mr. Poulakis and Mr. Lazopoulos. But for them to still demand the ouster of a leader who has just been elected is unthinkable and patently anti-democratic. Why do they ask such a question? As historical figures? As guardians of the left counter? As an enlightened vanguard? As Marxist aristocracy?

In all serious parties, which respect their processes and voters, leaders remain in office until the end of their term or, in emergency situations, resign. As far as I know, Stefanos Kasellakis shows no inclination to resign – why else? His term has just begun.

It has now become commonplace that Alexis Tsipras’s responsibilities regarding the Syriza path are specific and historical. He is the first to challenge the result of the vote when he does not like it and the members of the Central Committee vote again. Gone but not forgotten.

Because Syriza remains a party in the official opposition – that is, it plays an institutional role – its dissolution or disintegration would destabilize the left as a whole. Thousands of voters will find themselves politically homeless, an entire region will be politically paralyzed, and ultimately the familiar charade that has plagued the left for more than a century will prevail. Massacre of divisions and conspiracies.

By comparison: New Democracy changed eight leaders and was never divided. There have been departures of top-tier executives. But never split. Today he rules. And as everything shows for many years to come.