How did we get rid of the river by the movement of change | thetoc.gr

To continue independently as a river and not as part of KINAL, the members and leaders of Stavros Theodorakis' party decided that 97 members were elected for the withdrawal of the Movement from Change, while 16 were absent

Stavros Theodorakis said in his speech at the MESYA meeting in Potamio, "the last big decisions were made without our consent, some people think that the problems in the Movement for Change are created by different voices. They decided suddenly, and after what had been agreed, to turn the Political Council into an advisory body, and they called our parliamentary group to be absolutely identifiable with the DISC. accept these ultimatums, it will mean abandoning the radical positions of the river, education, public administration, rights, the economy. therefore had a duty to find a solution. Your decision, our decision – by an overwhelming majority – to disengage from the Movement for Change is for the moment the necessary choice. "

The crucial development that seemed to be the beginning of the countdown in Potamos – KINAL relations to overflow was the attitude of the Potamia leader toward the Prespa agreement. Stavros Theodorakis had made it clear he would vote in favor of the agreement, in disagreement with F. Gennimatas

The deputies of Potamio supported their proposal while making their own self-criticism, but the disagreements were not lacking, as were the surprises, and especially the attitude of the deputy Miltos Kyrkos, who proposed to remain in the movement of change, but conditional.

"Staying in the movement of change would be a recipe for failure," replied St. Theodorakis in his public speech after the decision of the majority of Potamio.For next steps he talked about cooperation with the liberal and reformist forces and announced a conference on political positions, cooperation gouve and leadership in October. He said that he did not care to be a member of the Senate of another party and that he did not intend to replace ANEL by the government. SYRIZA. At the same time, he was talking about constructed scenarios and lies of SYRIZA and SW

KINAL's reaction was immediately revealed, which in his announcement spoke of ambivalence, recoil and ceaseless measures that did not occur. "At the same time, Stavros Theodorakis already counts on the first losses that the political movement" Forward ", which collaborated with Potami for about three years, announced its withdrawal

" A substantial condition for the movement change "

In its text, the political movement In front explains the reasons:" The decision today of MEYSS because the autonomous course of the river contradicts the unity of the Movement of the change, that we consider an essential condition for the political recovery of the progressive space, but also a fundamental precondition for our cooperation with the river of 2015.

In the thousands of Potami cadres o, who came to the polls in November, believing that diversity is not a reason for disruption and believe that the Movement of Change is the space in which their ideas can survive, we call them to continue the fight together

Thanks Stavros Theodorakis and his colleagues, deputies, politicians, parliamentarians and volunteers of Potamio for cooperation

We wish that Potamis continues to exist for the pluralism that our political life needs. "

KINAL: We go with those who want and can

Shortly after the decision of the Potami to leave the Movement of Change came the answer." Doubts, backsliding and ceaseless steps n & # Did not help. Personal Strategies Do not Have Their Place, "he says

According to KINAL:

" Everyone badumes their responsibilities to the progressive world that demands seriousness, responsibility and awareness of criticality of our moments and our role.

Anyone who underestimates the need for unity in the center-left is certain to be judged by the party world, "he said in a statement from the Movement of Change in which he stresses: "The CHANGE MOVE is an achievement of hundreds of thousands of co-founders who are the only irreplaceable guarantors of his career. We have joined the fragmented progressive space.

We are the progressive pole towards the conservative policies of SW and SYRIZA

In the November and Congress elections, we have the role of autonomous leader, through the increase of our influence and the reversal of correlations current policies. in March, clearly reflected that the movement of change expresses the wider space of social democracy, the renewing left and the progressive center.

We united and expressed the forces of progressive space. We serve the demand of the progressive world for political unity through the necessary compositions.

The different points of view reinforce the pluralism of the enterprise as long as they ensure unity and rallying rather than fragmentation. "

" Every difficulty joins us even more. We are going forward with determination for the strong left that will provide progressive solutions for Greeks and Greeks. We are moving forward with an open mind, adding and multiplying forces, going forward with the ones they want and can.

What attitude did the deputies and leaders of Potamio

raise? which proposed to remain in the movement of the change of the river in certain programmatic conditions which concerned five basic reforms (public administration-governance, obstruction with Tourism, Energy).

According to official information from the river, the meeting being closed for journalists, "G. Mavrotas was in favor of the dynamic return of Potamio while Amyras said that in the next European elections, Potamis would not be with the Socialists and the Democrats, but with the Liberals or the Makron.

The Spaniard Danelis made his self-criticism and said that he was going past his last appearances and his stance remains stable for a river United and Grigoris Psarianos attacked the "left falsification of SYRIZA" as he said and said that he would stay in a river that would return to its beginnings

For its part, Spyros Lykoudis [19659025] said that it would not be there is not an hour left in a party – the Movement of Change – which tells him that everything is decided by the leader and that it is clear that "the reformers of the left will meet in the next few days to decide how to synchronize their pace with the river ".

Based on information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

. Photo: Eurokinissi, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ