Five resignations<\/b> in a single day\u2014accompanied by serious complaints about the party\u2019s operations\u2014were recorded in \u201cHope for Democracy\u201d led by Maria Karystianou<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Maria Karystianou\u2019s grandiose proclamations about democracy and transparency seem to have no place in her party\u2019s endeavor, which has faced intense criticism from the very beginning regarding its organizational structure and operations.<\/p>\n
A total of five officials chose to resign within 24 hours, expressing strong disagreements over the way decisions are made in \u201cHope for Democracy.\u201d The members cite a lack of democratic procedures, limited member participation, and an absence of meaningful dialogue, accusing a closed inner circle of people who make decisions without transparency.<\/b><\/p>\n
The first to speak out was the expert witness for the families of the victims of the Tempi tragedy, Vasilis Kokotsakis<\/b>, who emphasized that he believed it was a genuine citizens\u2019 movement, characterized by participation, collectivity, democracy, and transparency. However, after months of efforts, proposals, and interventions, he concluded that the project had taken a different course from the one he had envisioned.<\/p>\n
Next to speak was retired Air Force General Athanasios Papanikolaou,\u00a0<\/b>who announced that he no longer wishes to have any involvement with \u201cHope for Democracy\u201d\u201d, arguing that the party is turning into a \u201cclosed clique<\/strong>\u201d led by former officials of NIKI<\/strong>. <\/p>\n Subsequently, Kostas Vamvakas<\/b>, a member of the Central Organizational Committee, resigned, while according to Cretalive.gr, two officials from the Regional Organization of Crete, Achilleas Robogiannakis from Moires and Angeliki Lenakaki from Tympaki.<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cWe are announcing our decision to leave the Regional Citizens\u2019 Organization of Crete for the \u2018Hope for Democracy\u2019 Movement. Our participation in this effort began with the sole motivation of serving society and our belief in shared principles. However, the way things have developed and the movement\u2019s mode of operation at the central level are no longer consistent with our personal values and the ethos through which we view collective action<\/b>. For us, engagement in public affairs always requires honesty, transparency, and respect. We stand behind Mr. Kokotsakis\u2019s decision and thank him warmly for the trust he has placed in us and the excellent collaboration we have enjoyed throughout this time,\u201d they state in their announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five resignations in a single day\u2014accompanied, moreover, by serious complaints about the party\u2019s operations\u2014were reported in \u201cHope for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12983","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\/12983","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=12983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}