The president of ELAS, after the bailout agreements and the lenders (ed.: who became\u2026 institutions), has turned his sights on the banks.<\/p>\n
What other sacrifice will our \u201cCat\u201d make for the sake of the news? The man\u2026 sorry, the \u201cRed Cat\u201d had an invitation to Oikonomakou\u2019s wedding<\/b>; he could have been lounging on the beaches of Paros<\/b> with his muscular physique and thick fur, but he chose to stay in Athens to keep a close eye on the sector heads (ed.: the shadow government) and the National Council of the Hellenic Police<\/b>. You see, he never tires of listening to Alexis. There\u2019s something about his voice that mesmerizes him and transports him to a magical world (ed.: \u201cThe Cat\u201d). Where there are no problems, only solutions.<\/p>\n
So he went to \u201cGrand Hyatt\u201d<\/b> and found a seat, right across from an air vent at the back of the room. He heard it all: a new change, a new patriotism, a new post-dictatorship era, new morality, new integrity, a new revolution, a new social contract!<\/b> And the classic question popped into his head: from the same person? Even if the Greeks had the memory of a goldfish, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2023, and everything that\u2019s happened since then aren\u2019t really that far back.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is your biggest flaw?\u201d reality TV hosts often ask the contestants seeking their own ten minutes of fame. \u201cI\u2019m honest,\u201d they usually reply with\u2026 modesty. President Alexis, too, appeared modest beyond any doubt. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe greatest achievement the Hellenic Police has recorded in its first month of operation was restoring citizens\u2019 optimism that they can once again take center stage,\u201d he told his followers. \u201cWow\u201d<\/b>, as Yiannis would say.
The ELAS president has also chosen a new enemy. After the memoranda and the lenders (ed.: who became\u2026 institutions), he\u2019s now taking on the banks. The suckers, of course, in his political rhetoric are always the same: us! <\/b><\/p>\nWhere did you get it from, comrades?<\/b><\/h3>\n
Regarding the question \u201cWhere did you get the money, Alexis?<\/b>,\u201d the president of ELAS proudly declared that he had chosen the difficult path, without state funding and without sponsors. In this context, he announced that he would (ed.: note: \u201cwill\u201d) launch a fundraising campaign.<\/p>\n
And up to now? Offices, hotels, social media, tours, staff, gas\u2014how have all these things been paid for so far?<\/b> We don\u2019t believe any bank took him for a fool and gave him a loan. Do you think he\u2019s gone this far just to save us?<\/p>\n
President Alexis described a\u2026 hybrid party<\/b> with direct participatory online processes. Here\u2019s another question: how were the sector heads and the National Council formed? Were there elections? Is there an invisible authority? A divine hand? <\/b>We ask because even our \u201cCat\u201d wanted to be a founding member of ELAS. So that people can read about him in the future, just as he himself read about everyone who was part of the Declaration of September 3.<\/p>\n
The secretary of ELAS, Miltos Hatzigiannakis,<\/b> announced that from now on, anyone interested will be able to join online platforms and express their views. Isn\u2019t it a little late now that the party has: first, a manifesto; second, a platform; third, a president; fourth, a shadow government; fifth, a National Council? But does \u201cThe Cat\u201d really want to be sanctified? How much mockery can it take? In ten years, Tsipras has shaken him to his core\u2014even for his seven lives.<\/p>\n
What about the other one? The\u2026 \u201cNow We Speak\u201d<\/b>, something like SKAI\u2019s \u201cTogether We Can.\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t take the stage to speak. We\u2019re not the ones speaking now. We\u2019re calling on the people to speak,\u201d said the secretary of ELAS (how grand of you) under Alexis (the president). But at all the events, in the end, it\u2019s the president of ELAS who speaks\u2014more than anyone else!<\/p>\n
We saved the best for last. \u201cEach member\u2019s Calendar displays in detail the dates and deadlines for all participation procedures, while the platform will also support surveys with complex questionnaires, consultation processes involving the posting of texts and voting, tools that will be rolled out gradually as we move forward,\u201d said Mr. Hatzigiannakis<\/b>. Awesome! Just like\u2026 Trello, which is used to assign tasks to developers at IT companies. Modern stuff. <\/p>\nOlga\u2019s in, Socrates is out<\/b><\/h3>\n
From SYRIZA<\/b> only Olga Gerovasili<\/b> seems to have secured her spot on the ELAS candidate lists, either in Attica or in Arta. Even Socrates Famellos is still waiting, although those in the know say that \u201cthe uncertainty has to do with those he\u2019ll leave behind at Koumoundourou.\u201d You see, ideally, ELAS wouldn\u2019t want anyone to carry the SYRIZA brand. He may have racked up a string of defeats, but in the world of the Left, this is\u2026 the first time. And no one forgets it easily.<\/p>\nSelective absolution<\/b><\/h3>\n
The atmosphere within ELAS is better for the officials who left the New Left.<\/b> Alexis Tsipras appears to be granting absolution to the officials who opposed him in the 2023 leadership battle (editor\u2019s note: in his decision to support Kasselakis) and is treating them magnanimously, giving them a second chance. The new party\u2019s candidate lists will include Efi Achtsioglou<\/b> and Alexis Haritsis<\/b>, while discussions are still ongoing regarding Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. <\/b><\/p>\nHe shot himself in the foot<\/b><\/h3>\n
Do you remember George Papandreou<\/b> who said \u201cThere is money,\u201d and then claimed we didn\u2019t understand him correctly? Alexis Tsipras, however, seems to have learned from his mistake and came out with a new catchphrase: \u201cThe fund is running out! The money is running out!\u201d<\/b> he told the National Council of the Hellenic Police (editor\u2019s note: referring to the Recovery Fund). So, don\u2019t take anything he says about benefits too seriously. The guy wants to hand out money, but he\u2019ll inherit empty coffers. Same old story. The aspiring successors say whatever they want and then blame their predecessors. Now, we\u2019ll leave it up to you to decide what to call this practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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