Last week in Greece, a Socialist politician and former minister by the name of Tsochatzopoulos as well as his daughter were incarcerated for alleged fraud, corruption, and a few other bad deeds of similar and dissimilar nature. It is speculated that the remainder of the family will follow.
For anyone concerned, it is rumoured that the two are doing fine under the circumstances, and enjoy preferential treatment. In a recent declaration to media (from jail), Mr Tsochatzopoulos stressed the calamitous nature of the allegations against him. His daughter followed suit.
Dire straits for a man who is among the founders of Greece's socialist Pasok party, and VP of the European socialists.
If the allegations are proven in court, we hope that Mr Tsochatzopoulos is not a standard example of what European socialists have become. If so, Europe is in trouble.
(Coming to think of it, Europe is in trouble...)
Not all is dark and hopeless, however, and there should be hope yet in the horizon for Mr Tsochatzopoulos. A parliamentary internal affairs committee had examined allegations of corruption, apparently leaving no stone unturned, and returned a clean bill of health.
Prominent amongst the committee members signing the exoneration is the current leader of the Greek Socilast party, Mr Tourkoglu / Venizelos and a socialist minister, Mr. Loverdos -- the latter, a man of mind-boggling cretinism. Mr Loverdos single-handedly doubled the unemployment rate in Greece simply by enacting legislation limiting access to employment in Greece (2010) and revolutionised the pharmaceutical distribution network by declaring distribution centres illegal, whereby pharmacies in Greece now are missing just under 30% of the standard sku's!
For those of us planning holidays in Greece and take non-standard medication, it's a good idea to pack a few extra pills to last us the trip.
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