EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Just as suddenly as he appeared on the Greek political scene, Stephanos Kasselakis lost the vote of confidence in SYRIZA yesterday. Today, he and his close associates cleaned up their offices at the headquarters and moved in an unknown direction. He lasted about a year and a few weeks!! Most of us expected him not to last much longer than he did in the end. He came, he executed his “orders” by helping to pass the same-sex bill (straight out of the State Department “playbook” that promotes rainbow flags and homosexuality all over the globe), and he is now probably on his way to Miami… Helleniscope had predicted it in many ways and noted that in his recent “wedding party” in Chania, Crete the donors would have to contribute in US Dollars!! How serious is a leader of the opposition in any country when he uses another country’s currency for a gift registry?
How big is the damage he caused in a traditional Orthodox country? It is certainly big—but not irreversible. We have explained many times that when the pendulum swings back to the right, we will witness the return of traditional morals not only in Greece but globally. After all, the parliament can reverse this insane law in a few years.
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Greek opposition leader is ousted by his Syriza party
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted by his party’s central committee Sunday via a motion of no confidence, just a year after his election to the post by party cadres who accused him of being an authoritarian and not fully ideologically aligned with the party.
After an often tense and acrimonious two-day session, the central committee of the left-wing Syriza party approved the no-confidence motion 163-120, with three members voting blank. Another eight abstained.
It was not a single event that precipitated Kasselakis’ ouster but, a buildup of discontent over the past year, which caused many who had viewed him as a charismatic savior to view him as someone bent on turning the party into a personal vehicle.
Kasselakis reacted to the result of the vote by saying that he felt “liberated.” He did not say whether he will join a new leadership contest.
“Now, the people know how I felt censured ever since I was elected,” Kasselakis said. He attacked Syriza’s “bureaucracy” for overturning the decision of the party base and, criticized the secret ballot. He and his supporters preferred an open show of hands.
He compared the secret ballot’s promoters to the hooded collaborators in World War II. Cries of “shame!” greeted his comparison, which has been taken up by vociferous Kasselakis supporters on social media.
Kasselakis, 36, was elected in September 2023 by voters stunned over the magnitude of defeat in two successive elections in May and June 2023 at the hands of a conservative party that had already served a full term.
After long-term party leader and former prime minister Alexis Tsipras resigned, party supporters turned to Stefanos Kasselakis — an outsider, a political neophyte, and a Miami, Florida resident. He had no connection to the party before he became a candidate for the May election. A four-minute video in which he told his life story shot him to prominence and made him the favorite.
But this meant nothing to a party base that idolized Kasselakis and expected him to rejuvenate the party. He easily saw off his loudest detractors, including his main leadership rival. They formed another party, New Left, which has fared poorly. Then, Kasselakis started picking fights with many of those who remained.
In last June’s European elections – without much at stake domestically and amid record abstention – the ruling conservatives’ vote share plunged, but it was the far right that mostly gained. Syriza’s vote share declined further.
Electoral failure damaged Kasselakis’ aura and his supposed attractiveness to voters. Criticism, and Kasselakis’ pushback, intensified, leading, almost inevitably, to the no-confidence motion.
When Kasselakis was elected, about 150,000 showed up for the first round and 136,000 for the second. As with the ruling conservatives and the socialist PASOK party, voting eligibility rules are very loose. One just has to show up, declare themselves a party “friend” if not already a member and pay a two-euro ($2.20) fee.
Nick
i doubt that the State department sent him to help pass the same sex bill. You possess the weakness of the Greek old guard, that saw the finger of the CIA or the British secret agencies, behind every win or loss. The State department have their hands full with all sorts of other troubles, more pressing than passing the same sex marriage bill in Greece. What benefit is that to the State department?
. The article itself says that he was elected by the voters. They saw something in him that was new, after so many years of Tsipra’s leadership. Obviously, he doesn’t have the gravitas required of a politician, plus New Democracy with Mitsotakis is unbeatable. There’s no one worth while to take Mitsotaki’s place. I see that PASOK will be the opposition party, with Syriza sliding down further
The State Dept has a clear policy on promoting homosexuality globally. Too many pieces of evidence to note – not just the rainbow flags on US Embassies which is disgusting in itself. In the same way the deep/administrative state promotes LGBTQ ecerywhere including in the Army. They give priority to countries with Orthodox culture like Serbia and Greece. The EU threatened Serbia openly on the rainbow parade!… and I won’t even mention Russia… it is an official globalist policy. But they don’t dare apply it in Muslim countries! Why do you think?
Nick
EU doesn’t apply pressure to Muslim countries because there are no Muslim countries that are candidates for EU accession. Why do you think Turkey is not being pressured, even though they already hold pride parades.
I dont like pride parades as much as you do. But keep in mind that the EU does not promote LGBTQ. They consider it human rights and as any human rights, they expect all candidate and member states to accede to the rules.
I agree with you, that LGBTQ flags on US embassies is disgusting. But, so what? Not everyone has to accept everything. Live and let Live.
Bob,
Were you in Athens the past few years, with the Biden administration advocating the display of a huge rainbow flag throughout the entire month of June draped from the US Embassy, visible to all traffic driving in front? Some of us witnessed this nasty propaganda live… Do you know anyone working for the State Department these days? Maybe you can verify what that global department mandate was from them…And when you do, perhaps you should try to doubt a little less on this matter…
The state department employed this tactic around the entire world, especially in countries that didn’t have “the law” passed, with the exception of countries that vehemently resisted, such as Saudi Arabia…but of course, Mitsotakis didn’t resist at all…
Markos
Unfortunately, I was not in Greece at the time and I didnt see the pride flag. However, I believe you. I don’t like seeing the pride flag either. But, the bottom line is that the world doesn’t have to accommodate what you or I agree with. There are plenty of other sights that annoy me.
Now, as far as the State Department is conducting propaganda, I disagree with. Please, check what the word actually means. In order for propaganda to take root, other sources of information have to be silenced. The perfect example of propaganda is Nazi Germany. Nothing other than official policy was allowed. That is what China and Russia re also doing.
If your theory of propaganda was correct, then, much more than a flag would be employed. All anti-gay sources would be silenced. This site would not be accessible. You would have been in prison, for calling it “abominable” as you do in your third post.
Rather, the Western governments, including the US and the EU, are looking at gay right to marry as a human right. You and I don’t have to like it, personally. And let me assure you, that when one segment of the population is seen as the enemy, one day other segments will be seen as enemies. Hitler began with the mentally ill and the gays. Then, continued on to the Jews and the rest of the non-Aryans. And more than 50 million people died. If Hitler was stopped when persecuting gays, he would not have expended it to the rest of “undesirables”
And by the way….the comment about “he was elected by the voters”….I have spoken with a handful of “hard-core” Syriza folks in the last 12 months in the streets of Athens…there is a general feeling that those “internal Syriza elections” had a lot of “external entities” showing up to vote for that “internal election”…the numbers didn’t add up in their opinion, and they all felt that he was “imposed” as their leader. You forget the MP defections that occurred a year ago, in protest precisely of this “imposition”…
Markos
Rumors abound. Hard evidence is rare. Listening to what a “handful” of Syriza insiders told you is not proof of what actually took place. Nowadays, claiming any election is “stolen” is the go-to position of the loser, but never of a winner. I tend to demand evidence. I stay away from rumors. I would suggest that you do the same.
When you base your opinions on the NY Times you run an excellent chance to follow rumors and propaganda – not evidence… Just saying…
Nick
Nick, I beg to differ. When you’re saying “just saying”, does not mean anything. Anyone can “just say” things. Doesn’t make them true. Only evidence. Do me a favor and fact check their articles. Let me know how many lies you find.
I’m not sure if you recall, a few years back, they fired a reporter for lying. They cross chack their sources.
Please don’t make me laugh. The NY Times is a propaganda machine. We Greeks have realized that since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and later. The State Dept dictates to them most of what they support today. Yes small exceptions occur but they are small and not significant.
Πολυ ενδιαφέρον το σχόλιο σας Δημοσθενη… Είναι πράγματι το θησαυροφυλάκιο, η μάλλον η Κιβωτός της Ορθοδοξίας!.
Find my comment from a year ago on this forum…it was something like this…
“Kasselakis was brought to help his friend Mitsotakis pass that the abominable law by “forcing” the Syriza votes in that direction, and then he will disappear…”
We are offering good predictions on Helleniscope. Truth through knowledge- as our motto goes…
Ewww… just Ewww on creepy Kasselakis & good for Helleniscope reporting