Now the Greeks got their own ‘Troika” made in Greece. Three top government ministers wrote an open letter of political interference addressing even the Prime Minister, the society and the unions. Anna Diamantopoulou (Education), Andreas Loverdos (Health) and Yannis Ragousis (Infrastructure) call for changes without delays and indirectly blamed the prime Minister for lack of coordination.
The Three underline in their multi-paged letter/manifesto that was uploaded on their internet websites that there must be a break through in policies applied of the years after the dictatorship and blame among other the protesting ‘guilds’ for the current situation [ Weird enough it they unions of PASOK that oppose the current policies]. Concluding the Three ministers stress that
“We must not turn back, we have no right to retreat. And regarding the critical next few days, all members and officers of PASOK have united to give the tough battles both in the parliament and the society and with our unity to equip the Prime Minister, who will negotiate the final and definitive solution for our country in the EU. “
It is important to note that the three ministers lead offices and sectors that are under heavy mobilization of protesters like occupations in schools and universities, doctors’ and taxi owners’ strikes.
Interesting enough no citizen seems to find sympathy for the ministers’ move and the majority of websites interpret the ‘political interfence’ as a common struggle of the three to get a seat in the Prime Ministers’ office the day he will decide to leave the leadership of the country. It looks as if they try to build the opposite pole inside the PASOK. Opposite to Evangelos Venizelos, a once ambitious challenger of Papandreou for the chairmanship of the party, but who seems to have burned his political cards due the Finance Minister office.
The lack of self-criticism of three is hitting one’s eyes. Diamantopoulou and Loverdos have been holding ministerial offices in many PASOK governments.
Before the letter as released, Prime Minister George Papandreou had given one of his rare interviews in Greek media to the Sunday edition of Proto Thema. Speaking about the critical days ahead concerning the Greek debt, a disappointed, rather exhausted and without a sign of optimism Papandreou told the newspaper:
“What we are fighting for is to end the uncertainty about the future of the country. I would love to guarantee to everyone an immediate solution, a better life, today. I would be the happiest man in the world if I could do it. But I can not. If Europe fails to solve its problems, the consequences would be unpredictable for all of us in Europe.”
PS The Ministers’ manifesto is surely a herald for politicial developments, but who cares about the internal fights within the ruling party? The government is tired, the public services do not properly function, the strikes make life more difficult and the citizens suffer the one nervous break down after the other due to the heavy taxes that are been announced almost on a daily basis.
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