{"id":7158,"date":"2026-05-24T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:40:00","slug":"the-sweater-is-unraveling-in-koumoundourou-teboneras-resigned-and-is-lining-up-with-tsipras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7158","title":{"rendered":"The “sweater” is unraveling in Koumoundourou – Teboneras resigned and is lining up with Tsipras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dionysis Teboneras has officially left SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance<\/strong>, submitting a letter of resignation to the local organization of Cholargos – Papagos, where he was a member. <\/p>\n

This development comes just 24 hours before the presentation of Alexis Tsipras’s new political party in Thiseio. <\/p>\n

It appears that Mr. Teboneras is expected to be among the executives who will sign the founding declaration of the new party, confirming that the shake-up in the Centre-Left is now in full swing. <\/p>\n

Dionysis Teboneras: “SYRIZA has closed its historic cycle”<\/h2>\n

In his multi-page letter, the former SYRIZA executive argues that after 2023 “a historic cycle” for the party has been “closed” because – as he says – the necessary political conclusions were not drawn after the electoral defeat. <\/p>\n

He recalls that he had called for a conference of self-criticism before the election of the president, while he also refers to initiatives for cooperation between progressive forces, which – according to him – did not go ahead. <\/p>\n

At the same time, he leaves clear points about the inability of the opposition parties to formulate an alternative power proposal to the New Democracy<\/strong>. As he notes, “the existing progressive parties have failed to fill the gap in political terms”. <\/p>\n

Support for Tsipras and a new political project <\/h2>\n

Dionysis Teboneras says he supports the political initiative of Alexis Tsipras, arguing that “a new meeting place for left-wing and progressive citizens” is needed. <\/p>\n

In fact, he says directly that the former prime minister can express the new venture, noting that “Alexis Tsipras has done it successfully in the past” and that “we need to support him to repeat it again”. <\/p>\n

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At the same time, he attempts to distance himself from the image of a “SYRIZA No. 2”, writing, “History usually repeats itself only as a farce.” <\/p>\n

In the postscript to his letter, he expresses his assessment that SYRIZA will eventually support Tsipras’ new project “without conditions and preconditions”, referring to the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one for the Left. <\/p>\n

The letter of resignation of Dionysis Tebonera <\/h3>\n

We join the political initiative of Alexis Tsipras and make a political choice that is compatible with our values and principles, not because we cede them, but because we believe that we can defend them better. And together the social strata we want to represent… <\/p>\n

The world does not change… <\/p>\n

It has changed… <\/p>\n

And we are struggling to understand it. Not to adapt and survive, for goodness sake. <\/p>\n

The world will move on without and after us. <\/p>\n

But, to continue to serve ideas, values and principles. <\/p>\n

They are the same ideas that have always been the “Sixth of our lives”. <\/p>\n

Social justice, solidarity, equality, democracy… Socialism. <\/p>\n

Are we getting there? <\/p>\n

Maybe not… <\/p>\n

But “it’s worth it, man, to exist for a dream and let its fire burn you”… <\/p>\n

In 2023, a historic cycle for SYRIZA has come full circle. <\/p>\n

Why? <\/p>\n

Because the crucial conclusions were not drawn at the right time. <\/p>\n

Does that invalidate our course and our journey on this journey? <\/p>\n

No way… <\/p>\n

If it had not been for Syriza, to manage a bankruptcy that others bequeathed, the blackness that swept Europe over the past decade, would have involved the country in huge, national adventures. <\/p>\n

But we both suffered and learned. <\/p>\n

In 2026 the needs, anxieties, problems and divisive intersections are different. <\/p>\n

After 2023 we submitted a document on the causes of the electoral defeat and the course of SYRIZA. <\/p>\n

We called for a conference of self-criticism and perspective to precede the election of the President of SYRIZA. <\/p>\n

In 2024 we submitted a proposal for cooperation between left and progressive forces on the basis of a programmatic agreement. We took initiatives of synthesis in the “ALFA theatre”. <\/p>\n

In 2025 we resigned from any position of responsibility in SYRIZA, remaining simply party members committed to the value and ideological framework expressed by SYRIZA and the “governing Left”. <\/p>\n

We were not listened to, we were not convinced and we had to take responsibility. <\/p>\n

We are now in 2026 and the anxiety is growing, as are the problems of the people. <\/p>\n

For the first time in the post-revolutionary period, there is a danger that the “right” and its extreme neoliberal policies will continue for 12 consecutive years, until 2031! <\/p>\n

The existing progressive parties, while having space and time at their disposal, have not managed to fill the gap in political terms and offer the prospect of alternative governability. <\/p>\n

They failed to convince that they have an ideological and political platform for governing the country and a political plan for the future. <\/p>\n

What is the political issue now for the progressive space? <\/p>\n

One and only one… <\/p>\n

The emergence of a collective political subject that aims at left and progressive governance. <\/p>\n

Can any of the existing formations fulfill this? <\/p>\n

Citizens in 70% of all polls say “no”. In the European elections they abstained from the ballot box at 58%. <\/p>\n

Will cooperation or composition help? <\/p>\n

Composition has failed, however much we have sought it. History will assign the blame. <\/p>\n

Now is the time for political transcendence. <\/p>\n

What constitutes political transgression in realistic terms today? <\/p>\n

The emergence of a new meeting place for left and progressive citizens with a discussion from scratch about an “other” governing Left of the modern era. <\/p>\n

Who can promote it? <\/p>\n

A collective political subject with principles, positions, a plan, a program, with the participation of the popular factor and a strong leadership. <\/p>\n

Can Alexis Tsipras express it? <\/p>\n

People are not judged as “personalities” in politics, however charismatic they may be, but as political “symbols” that embody and express all of the above. <\/p>\n

Alexis Tsipras has successfully done so in the past. We need to support him to repeat it again, to keep this great “Case” alive. <\/p>\n

To build “SYRIZA No. 2”? <\/p>\n

No… <\/p>\n

History usually, only repeats itself as a farce. <\/p>\n

New needs, new tasks… <\/p>\n

One basic thing: Give the social opposition political expression and make it a government “by society, with society, for society”. <\/p>\n

Do we have all the answers? <\/p>\n

No, but we are full of questions and we must look away from the certainties of the past.<\/p>\n

Is it worth the risk? <\/p>\n

C. Marx writes: “Nothing can have value if it has no utility.” <\/p>\n

Our duty, then, is to become socially useful. <\/p>\n

We are making a political choice to “bring the world” back together in our time, for a new unity that touches the needs of today. <\/p>\n

We are putting yesterday’s contradictions behind us, but without hiding the problems. <\/p>\n

“By walking we make the road.” <\/p>\n

We join with the political initiative of Alexis Tsipras and make a political choice that is compatible with our values and principles, not because we cede them, but because we believe that we can defend them better. And together with the social strata we want to represent… <\/p>\n

The “bottom”! <\/p>\n

The destination, after all, is always the same and “we never asked for a share”. <\/p>\n

The journey does not stop. <\/p>\n

Good luck. <\/p>\n

PS: I am sure that SYRIZA will make the right decision in the coming days and will support politically Alexis Tsipras’ project without conditions and preconditions, responding to the need for a new unity. One cycle is closing and a new one is opening for the whole left and progressive world. <\/p>\n

Goodbye. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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