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N. Filis: No to Tsipras proposal, it will lead to a leading party – We do not want a ‘star-system’ faction

The SYRIZA MP and former minister, Nikos Filis, expressed his strong disagreement with the proposal of Alexis Tsipras for election of a leader and Central Committee from the party base, who speaking in the First Program 91.6 and 105.8 said that this will lead to a leadership party and a star system.

“There is pressure from the system to create leadership parties. When 300-400,000 vote in ND and PASOK to elect a leader, it is the assignment of a mandate without there being a control over it. In this trend that is strong today, “They are trying to push SYRIZA as well. To become a party of systemic transformation. We do not agree. I believe that we will discuss these proposals in our Congress and find a solution that will combine the democratic function and the leftist character of the party,” he stressed.

“SYRIZA members, 60,000 today, will vote for unknown people and based on what criteria,” he asked. “Here will be a Star system, they will vote for the Central Committee for Filis for example who is better known, or someone who will campaign from the media and not a competent person who helps with his daily practice and ideas We do not want a party system – star system, bright stars or less bright, we want a party that is organized on the basis of equal participation of members, which means that everyone knows “and to choose. That is the reality,” he explained.

He reiterated that there is a tendency in the system both in Greece and internationally, “which does not concern the Left, to have a supposed decentralization, essentially members who will not form organizations, but will have a loose digital connection many times, at the same time with a centralized “This leadership does not represent us. We want democracy at all levels of the party.”

“We are on this path, proposals have been made by Alexis Tsipras, we have other views, we believe that a democratic party means a party that will not be a leader. It will work equally for all its members and will require active not the assignment and raising of issues to others.We will see all this in our conference, open, democratic with our differences, we are not afraid of our differences.on the contrary it is our strength, because the different views end up in compositions “and strengthen the party,” he said.

He acknowledged that there was a crisis of the party phenomenon as a whole, noting that overcoming this crisis is a necessary element to renew democracy, as there is no democracy without political parties. “The question is which political parties? Leading political parties, of the digital operation that do not take into account the daily intervention and operation of the members, are post-democracy parties, which are easy to manage and join various economic forces interests and other people’s political goals “, he pointed out.

According to Mr. Filis, the key to the upcoming SYRIZA Congress, “is our proposal for the Right to leave. And in there we include our program, social and political alliances and an attractive left-wing political party. If we agree to them The debate is complete only on the issue of the election of the leader – of course the election of a leader is very important – but it is out of the social interests of the majority of the people today. we talk about everything else “.

Source From: Capital

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