Fierce attack<\/b> by Pavlos Polakis<\/b> on Sokratis Famellos<\/b>, with the outspoken Sfakian making clear his leadership ambitions regarding SYRIZA<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Pavlos Polakis<\/b> spoke of \u201cutter absurdity\u201d and \u201ca display of political subservience<\/b>,\u201d directing his criticism personally at Socrates Famellos<\/b>. The catalyst for the statements by the independent MP from Chania and former minister, Pavlos Polakis, was the Central Committee\u2019s decision to support Alexis Tsipras\u2019s initiative<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Polakis, meanwhile, announced initiatives to immediately convene the party bodies <\/b>while speaking on Athens 9.84. He also announced that they will invite Alexis Tsipras to clarify the situation himself<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are experiencing utter absurdity. We have a Central Committee decision\u2014unprecedented in the annals of political history<\/strong>, not only since the restoration of democracy, but since the beginning of the century\u2014as, following a proposal by SYRIZA President Socrates Famellos, the Central Committee has adopted the following resolution: \u201cWe stand behind this initiative by Alexis Tsipras and support it\u2026 In other words, you have a party telling you, \u2018I support another party.\u2019 It\u2019s the height of absurdity<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n At the same time, the MP from Chania highlighted the contradictions arising from the other side\u2019s stance, noting: \u201cAt the very same time and following this decision, there have been repeated leaks from the Hellenic Police (ELAS), which claims that we do not speak with political parties, we only speak with individuals who must have resigned from their positions<\/b>. This paradox we are experiencing must be resolved. We cannot continue like this. A historic party cannot be dissolved simply because someone decided so.\u201d<\/p>\n Criticism of officials who refuse to resign:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cSome officials have resigned and must be replaced<\/strong>. However, some have not resigned from the Central Committee or as members of parliament. That is dishonorable. It is their right to choose another political party, but you resign and join that party. You can\u2019t support one party and be an official of another\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n The ultimatum and the explanations:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWe have said that Famellos must reach an agreement\u2014whether or not there is one\u2014with Alexis Tsipras and his party. If there isn\u2019t one, we\u2019ll have to see what we\u2019ll do. This situation can only be explained in two ways: Either there is an agreement between Mr. Tsipras\u2019s party and the leadership group around Mr. Famellos, or this is a terrible display of political subservience in an attempt to beg for mercy and be acceptedthe day after tomorrow on the ballots<\/b>. For this reason, we say that very soon\u2014and the ultimatum is coming to an end\u2014he must reveal whether the agreement exists or not. And of course, take note: coalition agreements are made with specific terms. They are not made in general or vague terms.\u201d<\/p>\n Request to convene the Central Committee and the message to Alexis Tsipras<\/strong>: \u201cWe are taking the initiative together with some comrades and are submitting a request for a new convening of the Central Committee. We will also soon send a message to Alexis Tsipras to seek a clear stance on certain issues. This situation is murky and chaotic and must be resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked whether he believes Mr. Famellos will run again as a SYRIZA candidate in the next elections<\/b>, Pavlos Polakis expressed strong doubt: \u201cThe way I see it, no. Since the logic is that SYRIZA shouldn\u2019t run<\/b>.\u201d As for Mr. Famellos remaining as president<\/b>, he noted: \u201cThe question of why he remains SYRIZA\u2019s president will be resolved through our internal procedures<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n Referring to the future, he clarified:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI will strive to ensure that SYRIZA has a future with broader alliances and, hopefully, through the creation of a joint ticket for the entire democratic, progressive left-wing bloc.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pavlos Polakis launched a fierce attack on Socrates Famellos, with the outspoken Sfakian making his leadership ambitions for SYRIZA crystal clear.Pavlos …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11694","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=11694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}