SYRIZA is entering a prolonged internal crisis. Following Nikos Pappas, Trifon Alexiadis has publicly raised concerns over transparency ahead of the party’s pivotal Central Committee meeting this Saturday (11 July 2026), demanding clarity on who is eligible to attend and vote.
A Leadership Under Pressure
The party is heading into the Central Committee session under heavy internal strain. Both Pappas and Alexiadis — through separate interventions grounded in shared political concerns — are calling for an updated, official list of the Central Committee’s current membership. Their request follows numerous resignations, departures, and replacements that have reshaped the real balance of forces within the party’s top decision-making body.
Alexiadis’ Formal Complaint
In a public post, former minister Trifon Alexiadis effectively accuses the party leadership of failing to provide requested information — casting doubt on the transparency of internal data management. He states that, as a member of both the Political Secretariat and the Central Committee, he sent an email on 2 July 2026 requesting specific documentation after ‘problems’ emerged during the previous Central Committee meeting. According to Alexiadis, he received no formal reply by email — only SMS messages containing unfulfilled promises.
He now urges SYRIZA president Sokrates Famellos and Deputy Secretary Anastasia Sapouna — ‘at the eleventh hour’ — to release what he calls ‘the obvious, basic information’ about current membership.
Who Gets to Vote?
Alexiadis’ intervention intensifies pressure on the leadership by raising the most sensitive question: whether individuals who have formally resigned or shifted allegiance to another political entity — notably ELAS, the new party founded by Alexis Tsipras — could still be included in the voting process. His critique points directly at potential irregularities in eligibility.
‘It would be an extremely grave political responsibility,’ Alexiadis warns, ‘if members who had already resigned — or who now belong to another party — were allowed to vote, in an organized way, on SYRIZA’s future.’ He frames the issue around core democratic principles: transparency, democracy, equality, and solidarity — all enshrined in the party’s statutes.
Pappas’ Earlier Initiative
Nikos Pappas had raised similar concerns earlier, formally requesting the immediate publication of the updated Central Committee membership list. In his official communication to Famellos and Sapouna, he stressed the need for a clear, accurate picture of the body’s composition following recent resignations, exits, and replacements.
Pappas also proposed the urgent convening of the Political Secretariat to ensure proper briefing and coordination before the Central Committee meeting — underscoring the urgency of resolving procedural uncertainties.
This initiative is not isolated. According to reports, party figures backing this line believe they command support from over 110 Central Committee members for a proposal advocating SYRIZA’s autonomous electoral path — a move seen as a direct response to the growing rift with Tsipras’ new formation.