Voula Kehagia / Stefanos Kasselakis will not compromise and will not give up the fight

For political plan of the president of SYRIZA-PS Stefanos Kasselakisthe financial situation of the official opposition party, as well as the developments in the Center-Left, spoke Voula Kehagia in an interview with the TV station SKAI.

“What Mr. Kasselakis is saying is that there should be a rationalization of the party’s finances,” said the press representative of SYRIZA-PS, speaking about the financial situation of the official opposition party. “Specifically, the president of SYRIZA emphasized that “painful rationalization” is required. Streamlining may not just be layoffs or layoffs, it may be cost-cutting or even resourcing. It does not necessarily mean that people from Koumoundourou will be fired,” he explained.

“Syriza’s finances are not in good shape. Government funding has been cut by 50%. In addition, eight electoral contests have been held within one year, if we include the internal party contests. We had double national elections, self-governing elections, European elections, but also the holding of a Congress” he also noted.

“Party finances must be transparent, there should not be any shadow. We filed last week the amendment so that the balance sheets of the parties and also what arrangements have been made not only for the parties, but also for the political figures are posted in Diaugeia. Regarding the finances of SYRIZA, Mr. Kasselakis mentions in his post that he himself will present in the next few days detailed information on the state of the party” he reported.

“St. Kasselakis will not compromise”

Referring to the political plan of the president of SYRIZA-PS, Voula Kehagia emphasized that the message sent by St. Kasselakis is clear. “Mr. Kasselakis will not compromise, he will not take “black money”, will not be pressured by a system that wants to impose a situation, which has been created before the European elections. If he is challenged or someone tries to pull his chair, he himself is not hooked on his chair like professional politicians. But he also said something else: he will not give up the fight. If necessary, it will be judged again by the base” underlined.

Finally, the press representative of SYRIZA-PS pointed out that twenty days before the holding of the European elections, she had opened a discussion regarding what will happen after them regarding the Center-Left, “something that is unnatural, if nothing else”. Voula Kehagia clarified that it is not true that St. Kasselakis does not discuss the convergence of the forces of the Center-Left. “On the contrary, it is the first political leader to open the debate after the European elections, talking about the convergence of neighboring progressive spaces, starting with the Parliament. There is no retreat or change of attitude of Mr. Kasselakis in this regard. He sees, possibly, that these are the needs of society, he does not ignore it. However, what it does point out is that these processes must be done from the bottom up, not from the top” he said.

“There was no meeting between the directors of the political offices of the presidents of SYRIZA and PASOK, it was denied by both sides. But I see despite the denials, an insistence on it. And I wonder where these movements come from” he continued.

“The PASOK is currently located in a variable field, as leadership has been raised. We fully respect these procedures. There is no point in rushing. There should be some contact between Mr. Kasselakis and Mr. Androulakis is the most important thing” Voula Kehagia concluded.