SYRIZA Conference: Steam in Koumoundourou – The slogans and the goals

By Niki Zorba

Alexis Tsipras and his close associates write, delete his opening speech for the third SYRIZA conference, which starts on Thursday afternoon and ends on Sunday.

A conference that in no way resembles – and certainly not in dispute – with previous SYRIZA conference in 2016when as a ruling party that had capitulated and implemented a memorandum, had other existential issues to resolve.

The third conference, which was delayed by two years due to a pandemic, catches the political “thread” from where its president left it, on the night of the National Elections of 2019, after the defeat of SYRIZA and the announcement of its enlargement and transformation, in order to become “worthy” of the almost 32% it received as a percentage in the polls.

At the present time, Alexis Tsipras does not connect the conference only with the big changes in his house (election of chairman, central committee from the grassroots and bilateral “opening”) but also with the political momentum.

The slogan sums up, according to associates of Alexis Tsipras, the goals: “NEW PRINCIPLE, POLITICAL CHANGE – Strong Left, Progressive Government, Fair Society”.

According to party sources: The timing of the Conference, due to the two-year delay due to the pandemic, is an “important opportunity for SYRIZA-PS to express a comprehensive program of progressive political change”.

The political situation and “political change”

The “neoliberal Doctrine” inside and outside the borders has a significant place in the processes and arguments of the Conference.

Hence the same party sources say: “The dominant neoliberal dogma has failed. The political message of the Left to fight inequality and social justice, to strengthen the welfare state and public goods.”

In our class, SYRIZA has long come to the analysis that with its policies the Government The prime minister is facing a double strategic defeat: both ideological and political.

Therefore, they say in Koumoundourou, “the primary goal of the Conference is POLITICAL CHANGE and a NEW BEGINNING with society and for society, with policies for the interests of the vast majority of society (workers, small and medium-sized enterprises, farmers, young people). retirees) and not the distinguished and strong friends of Mr. Mitsotakis “.

It is needed to achieve however ” The only capable and necessary condition is the clear victory of SYRIZA PS at the ballot box of the simple analog. That fact must be taken into account. ”

The transformation of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance into a “strong, modern, participatory, massive, democratic party” is a sine qua non condition for Alexis Tsipras and the aim is for the congress to have a “solemn” and extroverted character (avoiding internal party introversion). ). In his keynote speech on Thursday, the president of SYRIZA is expected to unfold all the main proposals of his party, based on which he will seek “programmatic convergences” with neighboring parties and basically, KINAL.

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