It is often said that the Greek people hide powerful characters inside of us, that emerge in our daily life and can be quite annoying for others. In our minds we are “generals”, “mayors”, “policemen”, even doormen at stadiums, if we are given the opportunity for power we seize it.
In recent years the judicial authority tends to be rather dubious. Even one of the most sensitive institutional functions is being used in a dangerous way. Various committees formed by primarily inept people in ministries, organizations and even Parliament, who claim to represent Justice. This nonsense would be entertaining if did not pose a risk for society.
Things get worse when the acting judiciary appears to be motivated by party politics. At time there will committees that will investigate potential scandals, only to reach conflicting conclusions.
Although these investigations of scandals – real or fabricated – are useless, they highlight a timeless truth. That what we refer to as vested interests requires the complicity of political power.
Our day to day political life teaches us that you cannot have vested interests if political players did not participate in the chain of corruption.
Bad behavior is to be expected.
Stavros P. Psycharis
Originally published in the Sunday print edition
