SYRIZA: ‘Fire’ movement by A. Tsipras that upsets all balances – Changes and reactions

By Niki Zorba

Him absolute surprise to SYRIZA The president of Alexis Tsipras succeeded yesterday with the decision-fire for demolition and reconstruction of all the structures of the party that he announced to the Political Council, starting from the election of the president but also of the Central Committee, from the base of the party.

Where “base” means the registered members of SYRIZA (not likeable, friends, etc).

Changes

“Alexis Tsipras’s proposal, about 2.5 years after the defeat in the national elections and the commitment that the party will be” transformed “, is essentially his first move in the direction of change, the opening of the party and the abolition of the fragile internal party” balances “.

His associates had predisposed Mr. Tsipras’s will to “move forward” as he had “K” mentions in a recent report of “Operation End to Weights by Alexis Tsipras”.

The president of SYRIZA brought back – and no longer through “consultation” but through an announcement- the debate on the election of the chairman by the members of the party that had started two years ago and was a casus belli for the minority and those on its left. It was not enough only for the direct election of the president by the members of SYRIZA, however. He also announced the election from the base of the Central Committee of SYRIZA. The highest party body that – until yesterday – was “fighting” on the road to the congress in order to ensure the Trends, the greatest possible power.

What he called yesterday a battle of the mechanisms he abolishes, giving the floor (and the power of decisions) to party members.

He also established a maximum of three terms or 12 years (parliament and MEP) for his executives, in order, as he said, to ensure the renewal of his political staff.

“Do not hesitate to change”, “Do not be fooled” and other such incentives he reserved for the members of the Political Council during his presentation.

The reactions

The (most) attendees were surprised by the surprise reserved for them by the president on the way to the Congress. They quickly regained their composure, however, and the conversation (lasting eight hours this time) “ignited” – even if there were no staff quarrels or tensions.

The “Umbrella” suddenly opposed Alexis Tsipras’ proposal, accusing the grosso modo of abolishing the party and accountability.

Although Nikos Voutsis requested a vote on behalf of Umbrella in order to capture the disagreement of all the members of Tasi (27-11 in favor of Tsipras “wrote” the score), the strongest objections were raised by Euclid Tsakalotos. Informal leader of “53” and one of the leaders of “umbrella”.

According to information from these people (the meeting took place via video conference), Euclid Tsakalotos not only spoke about the abolition of accountability but also formulated “lively” questions in the form of findings:

“What are we saying right now that following the model of Papandreou and Mitsotakis we are becoming more democratic than we were until now? Are they more democratic than us and we envied their methods?”

For the record, apart from Umbrella, all the internal Party Trends (Members Movement, Pasokogenes, “allies”, RENE) were drawn up at the suggestion of Alexis Tsipras, with the leadership of Koumoundourou appearing particularly satisfied that they are writing with her on these initiatives and historical executives such as Giannis Dragasakis and Aristidis Baltas.

The sequel is predicted to be stormy in the internal party field. “Balots” have already begun to be heard from the internal opposition on “hard rock” and “end of the truce” until the Congress.