SYRIZA to discuss Kasselakis’ removal in extraordinary meeting Thursday
The main opposition party’s political secretariat will meet on Thursday afternoon to ratify a decision earlier this week to remove Stefanos Kasselakis from SYRIZA’s helm.
On Sunday, Kasselakis lost a vote of no-confidence tabled by the party’s central committee with 163 votes in favor and 120 against, deepening the turmoil that has plagued the party since a resounding electoral defeat last year. All of Kasselakis’ close aides, including the party spokesperson and his press team, also resigned.
The meeting of the political secretariat will also discuss whether Kasselakis should be removed immediately or whether he should stay on board until SYRIZA’s extraordinary congress in November, as Constitutional Law Professor Xenophon Kontiadis suggested.
SYRIZA is scheduled to hold a party congress November 1-3 ahead of leadership elections November 24.
