It is clear. A government needs “its own people” to put in crucial positions if it wants to govern without being undermined by ideological opponents and opposition parties. Left-wing SYRIZA is not exception to the rule. There have been reports in the near past of husbands of ministers and lawmakers who were hired for a nice place in the Greek public sector. But a whole family? This is too much even for devoted SYRIZA supporters.
Daily Proto Thema revealed that the General Secretary of SYRIZA Youth Organization, Iason Shoinas-Papadopoulos had his mother, his brother and even his girl friend been hired in the public administration.
- Mom, a lawyer, has been hired as adviser to the Minister of Health
- Brother, 31, with Economic studies found a job as “economic adviser to the Prime Minister”.
- And lucky girl-friend, 25, found a job also at the Ministry of health and thus just four months after she got her university degree.
Yes, outrage not only among opposition parties but also among SYRIZA supporters.
The General Secretary, a former rapper who used to criticize “favoritism in politics” in his songs, felt the need to reply to his critics.
He published a presumptuous long open-letter in Syriza website Left.gr, where he praised and invoked “the left past of the family” and “the fights of the family for the Greek Left”. He described Proto Thema as “snitch”.
His father works at the SYRIZA radio Sto Kokkino FM.
No worries, Greece did not win 3 civil servants. Once SYRIZA is gone, mom, brother & girl-friend will have to seek jobs in the private sector.
There must be a cap in family members hiring … to avoid misunderstandings :p
PS I think, I must urgently compile a list of my close and extended family past deeds.
