With suspension on his Facebook account, he replied Gabriel Sakellaridis to Alexis Haritsis, expressing his opposition to the approach of the president of the New Left, regarding alliances with other parties.
“We want the Left to strengthen, inspire, convince and mobilize our fellow citizens by answering their real problems. And to do this by fighting at all levels”, says Mr. Sakellaridis.
THE Alexis Haritsis earlier he raised the issue of alliances with neighboring parties, something to which Gabriel Sakellaridis is against, a fact that puts the party at risk of splittings.
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“In the New Left we have a common anxiety, all of us.
To contribute in the most effective way to the overthrow of the policy of K. Mitsotakis and to create the conditions that society will be able to stand on its feet again.
We want the Left to strengthen, inspire, convince and mobilize our fellow citizens by answering their real problems. And to do this by fighting at all levels.
None of us disagree with that. None of us wants a Left observer of developments, in the glass tower of its ideological purity and fatalism.
Where the disagreement lies is in how we respond to this challenge.
The real question is not “if we want the unity of the entire progressive space against Mitsotakis”. This is an embellished figure to smooth the appearance of the actual query which is:
Do we really believe that a collaboration of the New Left with today’s SYRIZA and – if it finally emerges – the party of A. Tsipras can succeed in mobilizing the world against the hegemony of the Right?
Because this is the elephant in the room to call a spade a spade.
Can such a joint ballot shape the conditions for the creation of a new majority?
Could it mean a response to the regime of K. Mitsotakis in left-wing terms?
I wish it was that easy, it would be nice.
Because such a view completely overlooks the deep credibility crisis of the Left and its discredit in recent years. The logic of addition (even with negative numbers), but also of the political average is exactly what led the Left to its current situation. If a year ago someone had told us that the Popular Front that decided the Congress of the New Left was SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance of 2023, and even after the Kasselaki period has intervened, well, sorry, it would have seemed strange to us.
Instead, the New Left must play a leading role in the reconstruction of the Left in our country. Without many aggressive determinations, but of a self-confident Left that will not need to lose itself in blurred political schemes. A Left with a program, determination, organic participation in movements and youth.
No one says there is an easy road, nor are there certainties.
Our anguish is shared, despite our disagreements.
What is certain is that in the New Left we will jointly defend our party, its functions, its organs and its constitution.
Our 1st Conference a year ago was an open, inclusive Conference. The same body elected the President, the Central Committee and voted for the positions of the New Left.
On January 22-25, the Programmatic Conference of the New Left will take place, which will discuss the Program and the strategy of the party.
We will move forward with unity and camaraderie to address our shared concerns.”