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Al. Tsipras: ‘Over 150,000 turnout – SYRIZA is another party today’ – The background

LAST UPDATE: 23.32

By Niki Zorba

More than 150 thousand citizens participated in SYRIZA’s internal party elections, Alexis Tsipras announced, in a statement from the party’s offices in Koumoundourou, where, in the presence of new MPs and party officials, he announced the results of the electoral process with complete satisfaction.

According to information from party sources, the re-election of Alexis Tsipras to the presidency of SYRIZA marked a percentage of … 99%.

Regarding the new composition of the Central Committee, the counting started tonight and the results will be announced tomorrow.

It is reminded that the new K.E. will have 300 members and a 50% quota for women is in force since the SYRIZA congress.

Present in Koumoundourou, applauding the president, were prominent executives of all internal party tendencies, including: Nassos Iliopoulos, Alekos Flampouraris, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, Dimitris Vitsas, Panos Rigas, Panos Skourletis, Gianpas Rogas, Kostas Zogas Nikas with the common denominator that the current process is a political act that sends a message of optimism for the new course of SYRIZA and its political counterattack.

SYRIZA youth, welcoming Alexis Tsipras in Koumoundourou, at the time of his statement, shouted slogans, with the dominant: “Forward people with the Left, let Mitsotakis and the Right leave”, as well as “Forward people, do not be afraid of them, the time has come for an overthrow. ”

Al.  Tsipras:

In his statement, the president of SYRIZA reminded that tonight’s process was a result of the order he received on the night of the national elections to transform and match the social SYRIZA with its members, stating that he is committed that, whenever elections take place, SYRIZA will is the first party.

Among other things, Alexis Tsipras stressed:

“-A great step to return hope to our place that needs it so much.

– I had spoken about a transformation order, we took a decisive step in this direction and we did it thanks to the unprecedented participation of 150 thousand and now membership of over 110,000 new members, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is another party, a party of its members.

-Today we became the largest party of active members and the largest left party in Europe

– The responsibility is heavy, that they honored me personally.

-SYRIZA of 172,000 members today will be the first party, even if Mr. Mitsotakis decides to set up ballot boxes. That’s my personal commitment. ”

In detail, the statement of the re-elected president of SYRIZA was as follows:

“I want to thank you all warmly for your great contribution, I want to thank you all for today’s celebration of participation, a celebration of democracy.

I think today we have taken a big, great, decisive step to bring hope back to our place, to our homeland. And he needs it.

I want to remind you that on the night of the elections, the sweet defeat of the 19th century, because we took 32% of the Greek people, I had said then that this large percentage given to us by the democratic world of our country is a mandate for us, a mandate transformation, an order to match the party SYRIZA of 30,000 members at that time with the social SYRIZA of the tens of thousands of progressive citizens who supported us and support us.

So I think today we have taken a decisive step in that direction.

And we took this decisive step thanks to the unprecedented participation of our members, young and old, more than 150 thousand citizens who went to the polls to send back the bill. I believe that we have taken this decisive step with the unprecedented participation in the ballot box for the promotion of our collective leadership.

With the addition of over 110,000 new members to our lines.

With a total of 172,000 registered members in the party and youth organizations, in Greece and abroad.

SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is now another party.

A more mass party, a popular party, a youth party, a modern and radical party.

But above all a party of its members.

The Trunk of the great Progressive faction in our place, which today has spread its roots in every neighborhood, every city, every corner of the countryside, every social group.

Today we have become the largest party of active members in our country and one of the most massive parties of the Left in all of Europe.
And this is an extremely important success. I think that turns hope into a strong force for change.

So I want to warmly thank all those who participated in this process. Above all, the tens of thousands of citizens, old and new, who went to the polls and sent back the bill, but also honored me personally with their trust.

I feel this responsibility heavily.

I want to thank the more than three thousand volunteers in the election committees who have kept this process flawless since this morning.

I would like to thank the members of the Central Election Commission, Elias Nikolakopoulos, the chairman of the Election Committee. All our members who worked tirelessly all this time. The Secretary of the party, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. All of them, thousands of our members worked for a flawless, transparent and inviolable process.

And I want to remind

:
SYRIZA, with 30,000 members, then won three rounds of elections.

SYRIZA, with 172,000 members today, is certain to be the first party with a difference in the next elections, whenever Mr. Mitsotakis decides to go to the polls.

This is the commitment of our new collective leadership.

This is my personal commitment.

With unity and a sense of heavy responsibility, we will do everything we can to bring the new victory of our people.
To bring hope and justice back to our homeland.

Be well.

Thank you very much.

Good strength and good fights, because now begins a new big and victorious round for all of us,

Be strong.

Hello”.

Source: Capital

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