{"id":10675,"date":"2026-06-14T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:18:00","slug":"kourkoulos-on-tsipras-cynical-he-handed-syriza-over-to-kasselakis-so-he-could-dismantle-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10675","title":{"rendered":"Kourkoulos on Tsipras: Cynical\u2014he handed SYRIZA over to Kasselakis so he could dismantle it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     <b>Kostas Kourkoulos<\/b> commented on the behind-the-scenes maneuvers of <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> regarding <b>SYRIZA<\/b> and <b>ELAS<\/b> in a particularly apt manner. <\/p>\n<p>     <b>Kostas Kourkoulos<\/b> emphasized in a Facebook post that <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> is a master cynic. And immediately afterward, he explained why. <\/p>\n<p>     As he wrote following the latest major defeat of <b>SYRIZA<\/b>, <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> decided to dissolve the party so he could return as a savior. So he handed the reins to <b>Stefanos Kasselakis<\/b>, who was inexperienced and seemed unlikely to succeed for many reasons, obviously because he had no connection to the Greek political scene, let alone with the Left and Koumoundourou. <\/p>\n<p>     However, <b>Stefanos Kasselakis<\/b> turned out to be more\u2026 cunning than the former prime minister had expected and tried to oppose <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b>. We recall the revelations about the slush funds of <b>SYRIZA<\/b> under <b>Tsipras<\/b>, the strange invoices, the debts, and everything related to them. <\/p>\n<p>     Thus, <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b>, along with willing members within <b>SYRIZA<\/b> plotted a coup against <b>Stefanos Kasselakis<\/b> at the bouzouki club. As he writes, they did so with all the hallmarks of the Stalinist underworld. <\/p>\n<p>     That\u2019s more or less how they ousted him, and <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> had already managed to dismantle <b>SYRIZA<\/b> with a slew of splits. At the same time, citizens were seeing that the party was a mess. <\/p>\n<p>     And why did he do all this? Well, to return and take over the shop\u2014that is, certain officials and the assets of <b>SYRIZA<\/b>\u2014as he sees fit. And ultimately, to satisfy his personal ambitions. <\/p>\n<p>     As the well-known lawyer concludes, <b>ELAS<\/b> under <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> is therefore the product of a series of unprecedented atrocities. And you can\u2019t really blame him. <\/p>\n<p>     <b>Here is the relevant post:<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Kostas Kourkoulos commented on Alexis Tsipras\u2019s behind-the-scenes maneuvers involving SYRIZA and the Hellenic Police in a particularly insightful manner.<\/p>\n<p> Kostas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}