Corinth MP Giorgos Psychogios has become the third lawmaker on Tuesday to depart the troubled leftist party, which has been in turmoil since the launch of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) in May.
In a letter to the Speaker, Psychogios said he would henceforth sit as an independent.
His resignation comes on the same day as that of Giorgos Gavrilos and Andreas Panagiotopoulos, who also quit the party to sit as independents.
SYRIZA, which won 47 seats at the last general election, is now down to 20 MPs, reducing it for the first time to the fourth political group in Parliament in terms of size leaving it one seat behind the Communist Party.
Another 10 SYRIZA MPs are also reportedly preparing to leave the party, which has also been hemorrhaging functionaries and members.
