SYRIZA Wants Radical Restructuring of Political System

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Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras emphasized on the need for a radical democratic restructuring of the political system's structures.

Addressing a SYRIZA Committee (for the study and proposal of changes in the state, the political system and the constitution) Tsipras pointed out that the country's establishment forces, which as he said are responsible for the extensive economic ruin of Greek society have an "institutional agenda" and this is determined by the priorities that are dictated by the needs of the most tough, the most extreme, the most "gangster-like" capitalism, against the social cohesion and the demands of even elementary social justice.

Tsipras added that in against this, "it is necessary to counter propose a new institutional state organisation, based on the triptych: Equality, Solidarity, Justice." He explained that "the working group is being organised at the initiative of SYRIZA, however the target is for it to function as a wide committee of the Left and the progressive democratic sector, regardless of party origin or current party affiliation".

Tsipras concluded his address by saying that "we have the challenge of making an unprecedented reversal in our country and to stop the ruin of the economy, society and the people". The state news agency quoted him as adding that the outcome of this historic challenge "will not only depend on our possibility to stabilise the economy and remedy the big injustices. It will also depend to a great extent on our ability to replace the old and the rotten, all these failed and perforated structures of our political system, with new, healthy, stable and effective ones".