The scene in Athens is explosive. A mass rally is being held this evening in front of the Greek Parliament, where members are voting on the proposed agreement with the country’s creditors. The majority of Syriza’s central committee members (109 of 201) say they oppose the deal. Syriza’s local and regional branches have been issuing a wave of statements calling on the leadership to withdraw the agreement. And these statements have been approved overwhelmingly, often unanimously.

Yesterday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras acknowledged in an interview with the public broadcaster that the accord was bad and that he “didn’t believe in it,” but that there was basically no other solution. He also said that he was not going to jump out of the boat.

In the most recent meeting of the party’s political secretariat, only a small minority backed the agreement and favored supporting the government. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who reported on the accord, admitted that it wasn’t politically sustainable. Many members asked for the government to resign and that a “special task” government be constituted as a transition to snap elections in November, which would coincide with those in Spain.