“SYRIZA is led by Alexis Tsipras. Any discussion that attempts to challenge this is taken out of context, invalid, and offers nothing.“, – said his deputy. SYRIZA, Efi Ahtsiogluin an interview he gave on Thursday morning.

The former Minister of Labor, assessing the results of the May 21 elections, spoke of a “difficult and painful result”, noting that in today’s Central Committee of the party “it is possible to assess very quickly” and make “major adjustments that must be made.”

Ms. Ahtsioglu also mentioned in an interview with Kokkino that “from the first moment Alexis Tsipras showed a mood of collective self-criticism”, pointing out that “our task now is to regroup very quickly” and avoid “internal processing”.

For the SYRIZA MP, the most “thorough discussions” are postponed after the upcoming elections, as “we have a big battle ahead of us at the moment.”

Attempting to explain the major defeat of SYRIZA on May 21, he assessed that “the debate over the program was overshadowed by other issues” and added that “the proposal for a progressive cooperation government was defeated.” “We failed to set an agenda“, Ms. Ahtsioglu said characteristically, adding that “we were not focused on the main social and political problems.”

Regarding the first reaction of SYRIZA officials after the election results, he commented that “we are showing a strong improvisational heat”, and then elaborated that “the leader of SYRIZA is Alexis Tsipras. Any discussion that attempts to challenge this is taken out of context, invalid, and offers nothing.”

Finally, ahead of the upcoming elections, the SYRIZA MP sent a message that “we must fight this battle with the absolute unity that permeates the left in difficult times.”