One would expect a left government, which loudly proclaimed its moral advantage over the other party system, that it would at least try to keep up appearances. More so after five years of the political system being in depreciated and in crisis,with the people more suspicious towards all sorts of old partisan practices, which may even be presented under the guise of the new.

Instead of the advent of meritocracy though, we are literally seeing the state being occupied by all sorts of party officials, friends and family. It is tragic for M. Tsipras to declare the need to cure the major patient, who is none other than the state, to declare that the partisan influence, clientelism and cronyism must end, only for the appointment of a relative at a ministerial office to be revealed…

Prior to that, many other appointments in key ministerial and public body positions were revealed. Wives, cousins and failed MPs were once again the easy solution to turn the state into a party fiefdom. In order to get rid of the proponents of the bailout, we have set up our own anti-bailout and “left-leaning” state.

But then again the troika is t blame for demanding the depoliticization of the state mechanism, evaluations and meritocracy. When everyone recognizes the state mechanism’s inefficiency, they are doing all they can to perpetuate this immoral system of appointing “our own”. Thousands of young scientists may be unemployed or emigrating to find a way out, but over here, we carry on with the well-known appointment tactic, based on one’s partisan identity.

Mr. Tsipras rose to power very quickly, by espousing the new and denouncing the old, but he will quickly realize that if he carries on with this practice, even the people who believed him and invested their hopes in him, will turn their back on him. Because the Greek people, especially the youth, who are experiencing this lack of meritocracy have reached their limits and are fed with these practices.

TO VIMA