MP Evangelos Apostolakis announced on Thursday that he is leaving SYRIZA parliamentary group and will remain independent. Apostolakis, who had recently aligned himself with Stefanos Kasselakis, adopted criticisms against SYRIZA in his statement.
Earlier MP Yiannis Sarakiotis, elected with SYRIZA in Fthiotida,  sent a letter to parliament president Konstantinos Tassoulas saying that he leaves from SYRIZA parliamentary group and becomes independent.