It was Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’ turn on Wednesday to “preach to the choir” as he took the podium to address his Parliament group on the crucial agreement with eurozone creditors, a development that generated the first spate of internal criticism for the one-month-old SYRIZA government.

“Whoever disagrees with the agreement should say so,” Tsipras told the party’s MPs.

Several party deputies followed Tsipras on the podium, with phrases such as “reversal” and “a painful compromise” heard repeatedly in Parliament’s senate chamber. Nevertheless, the leitmotif of most speakers was along the lines of “the list of reforms comprises a first step in the right direction”, a position which thoroughly echoes the government’s spin of the result.

Of particular interest was the address by minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, the unofficial leader of the staunchly anti-capitalist “Left Platform” wing of leftist SYRIZA itself. The latter said the text of the agreement is “now done; we must now proceed, and the government must implement its program…”

Lafazanis, who holds the energy and production portfolio, nevertheless cited his objections to the deal, charging that “it’s not a good (agreement) and leads nowhere.”