President of the Democracy Movement was elected by Stefanos Kasselakis percentage 96,84%, having an opponent opposite him.
After announcing the results of the vote, Mr Kasselakis addressed a speech to the National Council, saying that “the party for us is not an end in itself. It’s not bureaucracy. It is the home of every employee, every unemployed, every self -employed, every honest businessman. “
“It is not founded by the Messiahs. It is created every day, through direct democratic, equal processes, “he noted.
Points of the speech of Mr. Kasselakis
On Justice, Mr Kasselakis said: “For Article 86: Full abolition. No patches, no exchange. Politicians cannot be protected by the laws that vote alone. ” “Politics must clean up. If you don’t fight money in politics, nothing changes. “
For the Tempi He noted: “The indictment for 57 dead without a homicide is not standing. An indictment without the moral perpetrator, that is, Mr. Mitsotakis himself, is not standing. “
For Greece in Europe, he stressed: “The European Union is the last stronghold of liberal democracy in the world. Our position is to be the protagonists in its defense. ” “If Europe wants more control over the Bosporus straits, this can be achieved with clear support for Greece’s right to extend to 12 nautical miles.”
Mr. Kasselakis also referred to the human rightsnoting: “I envision our movement as a pioneer in defending human rights in Europe and the world.” “Human rights is not a timing issue. They are non -negotiable. “
He also said: “I am not like them, I did not become like them, and I will not be like them.” “Take this truth contract and make the credibility of governance.”
For the contemporary progressive Proposal said: “We see that the numbers are prosperous but people are unhappy. This is the definition of neoliberalism. ” “We need participatory capitalism. Catholic basic income. Breaking technological giants. “
At the same time, he stressed: “Greece is not Merkel’s child. It is the soul of Europe. ” “We have no debts. Our only debt is against the Greek people “and elsewhere commented:” At the moment two Greece clashes: Greece of Remoula and Greece of Creation. “
“We are with the equality of opportunities. With justice. With democracy. “
“Say what we are embraced and show that we do not care about transactions. We will wait until society is ready to make the big democratic leap, “he concluded.
Who was Stefanos Kasselakis’ opponent
Stefanos Kasselakis has an opponent for the presidency of his party Elias Michalakopoulos. As he says in his biography, he is originally from two traditional Achaean families who have their roots in the revolution of 1821 and in the occupation of Greece by Germany in ’41.
He has worked as a translator, waiter, has done physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, students, has worked as a SEF, studied at the Hellenic Open University. Apart from Greek he speaks 5 more languages, while he is a Greek national and a citizen of France.
As a young man he was in the KNE, then in the KKE, then in the Single Coalition and then to SYRIZA.
One of Mr Michalakopoulos’ positions, as he says, is: “Abolition of MAT, Municipal and University Police. Unnecessary unprofitable costs for the budget. The goal should be half a million civil servants, leave the narrow public sector and pass into the private sector or retire. Today’s technology allows it. “