SYRIZA is plunging into an internal crisis, with ultimatums, leaks, and clashes among party officials, while the leadership is unable to stem the disintegration and exodus.<\/p>\n
There are moments in political history when reality surpasses even the most imaginative scenario. And looking at the current scene at Koumoundourou<\/b>, one cannot help but feel that watching the closing credits of a show that began promisingly and ends up as a rather tasteless farce. <\/p>\n
The ongoing disintegration of SYRIZA<\/b> is not merely an internal party crisis of the kind we\u2019ve grown accustomed to seeing on the left, but the definitive end of an entire era, the bursting of a political bubble that was sustained tooth and nail, but has now run out of fuel and, above all, an audience.<\/p>\n
The \u201ckneeling\u201d Famellos<\/b><\/p>\n
The image of Sokratis Famellos<\/b> appearing almost \u201con his knees and imploring the\u2026 specter of Alexis Tsipras<\/b>” for some lifeline encapsulates the full tragedy of the situation. <\/p>\n
A politician who found himself shouldering a burden greater than he could bear, is desperately seeking intervention from the \u201cgreat leader\u201d to pick up the pieces. <\/b>Except that Alexis Tsipras seems to have chosen the role of a detached observer, leaving his former comrades to stew in their own juice.<\/p>\n
Ultimatums to S. Famellos are pouring in, and the deadlines are expiring one after another, while top officials, such as Nikos Pappas<\/b> \u2014who tried to walk a tightrope before his recent removal from the position of parliamentary spokesperson\u2014are unable to stem the tide of defections.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Pavlos Polakis <\/b>continues to play his own familiar guerrilla game, reminiscent of a lone rider promising a peculiar, modern-day \u201cEAM\u201d that will sweep everything away and take everyone\u2019s place.<\/b><\/p>\n
With aggressive posts on social media, the politician from Chania is calling on lawmakers and party officials to choose a side \u201cclearly and unequivocally,\u201d while many members of the Central Committee appear to have already set their sights on other directions, with some already heading up Amalias Street, others toward PASOK, and still others retreating into private life, disillusioned.<\/p>\n
The efforts of the internal party opposition to gather the necessary 70 signatures <\/b>to reconvene the Central Committee and overturn previous decisions seem like mere theoretical exercises. <\/p>\n
Sources close to the leadership are making it clear that this goal will not be achieved, confirming that the party bureaucracy is more concerned with the survival of its own mechanisms than with its\u2026 social grounding (sic).<\/b><\/p>\n
Amid this atmosphere of utter turmoil, the public statements of people who are or have been close to Alexis Tsipras\u2019s inner circle are delivering the coup de gr\u00e2ce. <\/p>\n
The statement by his advisor, Giorgos Siakantaris<\/b>, that SSYRIZA and PASOK have come full circle and are now toxic to society, came as a shock, but from the party headquarters on Koumoundourou Street, there was only\u2026 silence.<\/p>\n
This silence forced Nikos Kotzias to step into the spotlight and pointedly recall earlier writings by Tsipras\u2019s advisor regarding the Pre-Agreement,<\/b> which he had characterized as a tactical move by A. Tsipras to corner K. Mitsotakis.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, SYRIZA spokesperson Christos Giannoulis,<\/b> stating that \u201cany response must come solely from Alexis Tsipras. Whatever that may be. Not interpretations, not leaks, not third parties.\u201d<\/p>\nSilent bewilderment<\/b><\/h3>\n
The SYRIZA Parliamentary Group seems to be watching developments in a state of shock. While the silence of Olga Gerovasili <\/b>may be interpreted as a strategic wait-and-see stance, the passivity and silent bewilderment of the others are indicative of the situation.<\/p>\n
People who once filled television screens with revolutionary rhetoric, are now hiding behind the walls of their offices, overwhelmed by disappointment and uncertainty about their personal political future.<\/b><\/p>\n
The tragedy of SYRIZA is not that it is losing its political influence or that its poll numbers are declining. Its tragedy is that it has lost every trace of seriousness and dignity. When daily life is consumed by ultimatums, threats of expulsion, pleas for the return of the \u201csavior,\u201d and internal squabbles over who best understood decisions like the Prespa Agreement, then society simply changes\u2026 the channel.<\/p>\n
SYRIZA\u2019s finale is playing out in an inglorious and tumultuous manner, and all that remains to be seen is who will be the last to close the door and turn off the lights at Koumoundourou. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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