In the video he posted on social media, Mr. Kasselakis speaks in the first person and asks for "apologies from those we have disappointed."
I am Stefanos. Just Stefanos. We were born as people, not as offices.
I apologize.
To those we have disappointed.
To the young people who brought us the first party in the European elections.
To the families of the old fighters who shared a morsel of bread, not a handful of offices.
To the 150,000 citizens who lined up just a year ago.
You see. Now you know.
Nothing more.
We look to the future.
Let's go build a SYRIZA that doesn't drive us away, but accommodates us all.
A new unity at the grassroots, in society, in real life.
Our SYRIZA will give all its strength to the members and friends.
Our SYRIZA will not beg to become a component of the interweaving.
Our SYRIZA will be autonomous and self-sufficient.
Today, the voice of the many.
Tomorrow, the government of progress.
An end to the devaluation of human life by the Mitsotakis government.
An end to living on a shoestring.
We take back our dignity.
We are building a homeland that will provide social protection, security, well-paid work, and provide equal opportunities for everyone to pursue their dreams.
The government is leaving and you know it.
In its place:
Either a so-called center-left construction in the service of interweaving will come.
Or our SYRIZA will come, a renewed, incorruptible and incorruptible party of the Modern Left.
SYRIZA either reborn now or goes down in history as a memory.
The old has deep roots.
The new may be delayed, may encounter obstacles, may fall, but it gets up again. Always reaches the end of the road. Always born.
I ask you to walk this path of the new together.
Your support is more necessary than ever.
I don't have a party mechanism.
I had and have only you.
That's why don't wait for the election time for President.
Fill the Municipal Committees and the Prefectural Committees now.
Register as members of SYRIZA by October 11 so you can vote for delegates.
Let your voice be heard.
To be able to say a resounding: "I am here!"
"I'm here," so that no candidacy is excluded.
"I'm here," so that no voter is excluded from the ballot box.
The future passes through your hands today.
Personally, I don't feel betrayed, but more determined than ever, never to betray you.
I'm here because you're here.
And we're here for our SYRIZA.
For our homeland, for our lives, for our future.