A harsh attack on both Alexis Tsipras and PASOK was launched by Gavriel Sakellaridis.

As it turns out, Gavriel Sakellaridis and the New Left are increasingly distancing themselves from both Alexis Tsipras and PAΣOK. At least the majority of the New Left expressed by Gavriel Sakellaridis and Euclidis Tsakalotos.

In this context, Gavriel Sakellarides admitted that neither PASOK nor Alexis Tsipras can defeat Kyriakos Mitsotakis and even attacked them, saying that they are competing with each other for second place. And this conflict, he argued, should not concern the Left, which must find a new front to express itself in a majority.

As the new president of the New Left said, “The real question is why PASOK, Tsipras, Syriza don’t get along so that Mitsotakis can fall? Do they really think that they alone can beat Mitsotakis? What we are seeing is a race to see who comes in second, a competition between Mr Tsipras‘s gestating party and PASOK. Who comes second is not a matter for society. And can I tell you something else? It’s not about us, the Left.”

Attack on Tsipras and Androulakis

Gavriel Sakellaridis, who was a spokesman for Alexis Tsipras‘s government, stressed that both PASOK and the former prime minister want to run as independents, so the New Left has no intention of working with them. Instead, he claimed, the party is looking to create a new “popular front” on the left.

Of course, what Gavriel Sakellarides says is no coincidence as there are reports that there is a pre-election collaboration between New Left, at least those who remain in it, and Giannis Varoufakis’ Mera25. Besides, the former government spokesman does not say the best things about Alexis Tsipras while the former prime minister appears to be unhappy with him, as with most of the New Left.

As he said, “If a broad progressive pole could be formed that could really threaten and change the terms of the political game against the Mitsotakis government, realistically speaking, that would obviously pose the question in a very different way to us as well. The stakes would be: do you want Mitsotakis to fall or not? Unfortunately, this is not realistic based on what Androulakis and Tsipras are saying.”