Rena Dourou, Pavlos Polakis, and Nikos Pappas appeared united “like a clenched fist” against Alexis Tsipras, effectively sending the former prime minister a message that they will very soon begin to “hit him where it hurts.” The Koumoundourou “troika,” with the first video spot it released after taking the party’s reins from Socrates Famellos, sought to demonstrate that SYRIZA remains alive — while simultaneously signaling that this is only the beginning of the fierce attacks to follow, targeting Alexis Tsipras and with the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on the horizon.
Koumoundourou’s new communications initiative does not settle for the image of united comrades simply to show that the party’s period of inward-looking politics is over. Instead, it takes clear aim at both Alexis Tsipras and Socrates Famellos. The video opens with news reports about SYRIZA’s dissolution — that its historic chapter has closed amid a mass exodus of party figures and that its voters are moving elsewhere.
SYRIZA: Dourou, Polakis, and Pappas “united as one” against Alexis Tsipras
At this point, Rena Dourou steps in, declaring: “We are here for the Left, for its people.” With this statement, she signals to left-wing voters that the party continues independently and is not disbanding — directly contradicting Alexis Tsipras, who categorically declared on June 25, 2026, that “SYRIZA’s historic chapter has closed.”
“For the rights of the many, not the oligarchs,” adds Pavlos Polakis, throwing his own pointed jab at Alexis Tsipras. The Cretan politician has publicly criticized the former prime minister’s “manifesto” on governing from the Left, arguing that its proposals lack any real break with the “oligarchy of vested interests.”
Nikos Pappas, Rena Dourou, and Pavlos Polakis sent the message that SYRIZA’s main electoral opponent is ELAS
Nikos Pappas sets the tone
It is Nikos Pappas who sounds the rallying cry for the party’s new direction, declaring: “We are coming back. SYRIZA–Progressive Alliance, for the Left, for Greece.” He issued a direct call to members and voters to re-engage, with a focus on organizational rebuilding and electoral preparation. The accompanying party statement references “misguided choices by the previous leadership and wrong messages sent by MPs and party officials who subsequently resigned or became independents” — choices that, it notes, “went so far as to fuel the narrative that the left-wing party that once governed the country would not participate in the next elections, or that its historic chapter had come to a close.”
Originally published in Apogevmatini
