{"id":13314,"date":"2026-06-28T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13314"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:54:00","slug":"turmoil-among-the-democrats-tzachri-has-resigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=13314","title":{"rendered":"“Turmoil” Among the “Democrats”\u2014Tzachri Has Resigned"},"content":{"rendered":" With clear jabs directed at Stefanos Kasselakis<\/b>, she announced in a social media post her departure from the \u201cDemocrats \u2013 Progressive Center\u201d party, Theodora Tzakri<\/b>. <\/p>\n
She spoke of a \u201cgrassroots movement\u201d that evolved into a \u201cparty led by a strong leader,\u201d one that even includes \u201camong its interlocutors the most far-right and ultra-neoliberal elements that post-dictatorship Greece has ever known, and this is none other than the Mitsotakis regime and its willing servants.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ms. Tzachri\u2019s post in full <\/h3>\n
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PARTY \u201cDEMOCRATS\u2014PROGRESSIVE CENTER\u201d![\"\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\"](\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\")
Conditions have developed in the country\u2019s political life that obscure the political path, decisions, and actions of a great many political figures.In my own case, this rule does not apply because for more than 30 years I have been upholding exactly the same principles and values and opposing anything far-right, right-wing, and neoliberal in public life. Whether I disagreed or agreed with political choices, my personal compass has always pointed toward patriotic socialism. That is why, for 23 years, the people of Pella have honored me by electing me as their representative in Parliament. When Stefanos Kasselakis, fellow members of Parliament, and thousands of members and officials from across the country to move forward with the creation of a Movement that would preserve the honor and reputation of progressive forces from dead-end andunethical party practices; I do not recall agreeing that this grassroots effort would evolve into a leader-centered party that would fit into the framework of the mostthe far-right and ultra-neoliberal forces that post-dictatorship Greece has ever known\u2014namely, the Mitsotakis regime and its willing servants. I made a long-standing effort to contribute from within the party to maintaining cohesion and ethical political bonds among the members of the Movement for Democracy, which was subsequently renamed, at the suggestion of its president, \u201cDEMOCRATS\u2014PROGRESSIVE CENTER.\u201d But there is a limit to everything. There are red lines; if we agree to cross them, we become complicit in an act of distortion\u2014both of our founding declaration and of each and every one of our personal political journeys. I thought long and hard before deciding that I cannot stand alongside Stefanos Kasselakis, no matter how much I want to stand alongside the thousands of members and friends of the Movement we founded. As my political experience allows me to conclude\u2014and as the facts demonstrate\u2014I have reached the point where I believe that Stefanos Kasselakis legitimizes an obvious shift to the right, which compels me to immediately resign as Vice President and member of \u201cDEMOKRATES\u201d and to defend my socialist, anti-right-wing identity, forged over decades. I would like to wish the very best to the thousands of party members and friends with whom we have shared both easy and difficult moments. My decision stems from society\u2019s demand for complete transparency regarding the positions and views of political figures\u2014as expressed by society itself, not as dictated by various vested interests. I will continue to steadfastly serve the just causes of the people of Pella and the national interest, which is the total rejection of the Mitsotakis model of governance and any opportunisticchanges. I call on everyone to understand what Manos Hadjidakis meant when he said \u201cwhen you get used to the monster, you begin to resemble it,\u201d and to make a clear decision within themselves about what struggle we, as progressives, must wage\u2014through a great progressive \u201cWE.\u201dBecause, after all, we will see many things happen and hear many things said; I am therefore publicly stating my own truth and my own commitment to the demands of society. THEODORA TZAKRI, INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR PELLA <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n In a social media post that included clear jabs at Stefanos Kasselakis, she announced her departure from the \u201cDemocrats\u201d party …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13314","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\/13314","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=13314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Conditions have developed in the country\u2019s political life that obscure the political path, decisions, and actions of a great many political figures.In my own case, this rule does not apply because for more than 30 years I have been upholding exactly the same principles and values and opposing anything far-right, right-wing, and neoliberal in public life. Whether I disagreed or agreed with political choices, my personal compass has always pointed toward patriotic socialism. That is why, for 23 years, the people of Pella have honored me by electing me as their representative in Parliament. When Stefanos Kasselakis, fellow members of Parliament, and thousands of members and officials from across the country to move forward with the creation of a Movement that would preserve the honor and reputation of progressive forces from dead-end andunethical party practices; I do not recall agreeing that this grassroots effort would evolve into a leader-centered party that would fit into the framework of the mostthe far-right and ultra-neoliberal forces that post-dictatorship Greece has ever known\u2014namely, the Mitsotakis regime and its willing servants. I made a long-standing effort to contribute from within the party to maintaining cohesion and ethical political bonds among the members of the Movement for Democracy, which was subsequently renamed, at the suggestion of its president, \u201cDEMOCRATS\u2014PROGRESSIVE CENTER.\u201d ![\"\u2757\ufe0f\"](\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t50\/1\/16\/2757.png\")
But there is a limit to everything. There are red lines; if we agree to cross them, we become complicit in an act of distortion\u2014both of our founding declaration and of each and every one of our personal political journeys. I thought long and hard before deciding that I cannot stand alongside Stefanos Kasselakis, no matter how much I want to stand alongside the thousands of members and friends of the Movement we founded. As my political experience allows me to conclude\u2014and as the facts demonstrate\u2014I have reached the point where I believe that Stefanos Kasselakis legitimizes an obvious shift to the right, which compels me to immediately resign as Vice President and member of \u201cDEMOKRATES\u201d and to defend my socialist, anti-right-wing identity, forged over decades. I would like to wish the very best to the thousands of party members and friends with whom we have shared both easy and difficult moments. My decision stems from society\u2019s demand for complete transparency regarding the positions and views of political figures\u2014as expressed by society itself, not as dictated by various vested interests. I will continue to steadfastly serve the just causes of the people of Pella and the national interest, which is the total rejection of the Mitsotakis model of governance and any opportunisticchanges. I call on everyone to understand what Manos Hadjidakis meant when he said \u201cwhen you get used to the monster, you begin to resemble it,\u201d and to make a clear decision within themselves about what struggle we, as progressives, must wage\u2014through a great progressive \u201cWE.\u201dBecause, after all, we will see many things happen and hear many things said; I am therefore publicly stating my own truth and my own commitment to the demands of society. THEODORA TZAKRI, INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR PELLA <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"