Conspiracy theories ‘disappoint’ voters, Kasselakis says in letter to Political Secretariat
FILE PHOTO: SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Stefanos Kasselakis. ΑΝΑ – ΜPA/ALEXANDROS VLACHOS
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Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Stefanos Kasselakis, in a letter leaked to the press on Monday, informed the members of the party’s Political Secretariat that he will not attend a meeting taking place on Monday, as he is in London. Referring to a controversial ‘questionnaire’, he made it clear that “its results will not be published”.
He concluded by urging the members of the Political Secretariat to “stop chasing pipe dreams” and “stop fuelling conspiracy theories” that he intends to create a party in accordance with his own needs, “because they disappoint the voters.”
In the letter, he also pointed out that the party’s next Congress does not concern the party’s charter but refer issues to the regular congress, to be held in the autumn after the European elections, which does have that function.
“We must show and prove in practice that we are aware of those things that concern [voters] and that we are prepared, on our part, to listen to them carefully and begin a productive and democratic discussion on everything. This amounts to an existential need for SYRIZA-PA,” he said.
Kasselakis said that he had “no objection to the way that the Political Secretariat and party organs, in general, operate,” but he also expressed his “deep disappointment” at the “repeated leaks, which even take place mid-session.”
SYRIZA leader Kasselakis to speak at LSE event on Monday evening
Kasselakis is scheduled to speak at the London School of Economics on Monday evening, on the topic “A modern Left for progressive governance”, during his visit to the British capital.
On Sunday, Kasselakis met members of the UK branch of the party in a London pub and delivered a brief speech criticising the Greek government on a series of issues, including its handling of the Tempi train disaster, the phone-tapping affair, the health system, salaries, state education and the rule of law.
Describing Greece as a “land of impunity”, he said that Greeks must choose whether “they will be serfs or European citizens” and compared the problems “to a monster that must be burnt, not a head that must be cut”.
On Monday afternoon, Kasselakis is to have a working lunch with investors and business people, followed by a meeting with representatives of the UK National Cypriot Federation and a meeting with Archbishop Nikitas of Thyatira and Great Britain, His Excellency and Exarch of Western Europe and Ireland.
Source: ANA – MPA
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