Their first joint co-op is expected to have in the vote for the President of the Republic o with , although until now the officials who left the party of Koumoundourou after the election of Stefanos Kasselakis have not officially announced their decision. At the meeting held on Wednesday (15.01.2025) this afternoon the vast majority of New Left Members (10-1) were in favour of voting for Lucas Katseli’s nomination, which Syriza has proposed. The reservations that exist to the New Left officials who disagree with this position – and who mainly come from Umbrella – have to do with the fact that the accompaniment of the two parties to this issue can create the wrong impressions on the voters of the left. CORVERSE Former Minister and New Left executive Efi Achtioglu in an interview said that “Mr. Katseli I personally honor her and we all appreciate her for her political route, which socially has a positive footprint. As Minister left its mark mainly with the law on protection of the first residence, she left PASOK before entering hard co-government measures that were anti-laika, anti-labour, anti-social, while in the last period despite all the mutations to Syriza she held an extremely decent stance”, however “we have not yet taken our decisions, we will discuss, they will meet our instruments and end up”. However, the accompaniment of the two parties on the occasion of the issue of Lucas Katseli will bring a reversal in the vote, since SYRIZA and New Left will raise more votes than PASOK, which is currently in the position of the main opposition. The impressions that will be created are of importance despite the fact that Harilau Trikoupi officials are attempting to downplay the issue, saying that the issue of the president of the Republic is not numerical. CORVERSE Koumoundourou however appears not to want to push the situation towards the New Left side, since she knows very well that any move would bring the opposite results. On the contrary, yesterday Socrates Famellus appeared from the House’s step to invite Nikos Androulakis to support Lucas Katseli’s nomination, even at this moment that PASOK has moved on to announcements about the Jannitsis nomination. The president of SYRIZA described Tasos Giannitsi as an option “close party record” noting that it is not understood why this option was made “and not justified”. “We insist,” she continued, “the progressive space must respond to Mr. Mitsotakis in composition and Ms. Luca Katseli is the right person to respond to government plans and express the anxieties of society.”
Luca Katseli brings closer SYRIZA and New Left – What are the reservations?
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