"Getting Away With It, ...(NOT)...Messed Up: That's the Living..."* Greek Politicians' Latest Motto.

The Greek government is pushing through legislation at amazing speed, which promises to hold "...people in office unaccountable directly for misdeeds perpetrated during their tenure...". What this means is, the Greek government is exonerating anyone and everyone who has perpetrated a crime: in Greece, purportedly these are financial, i.e. corruption. That includes central administration and local communities...


H*ll of a deal!

The beauty of all this is that it is under the radar, all the radars in fact! In particular, very much under the international community's radar.

The unfortunate part, for the Greek people that is, is that Greece's politicians caught on to a very significant fact: as long as they keep the international community and, particularly, the lenders happy, they can do anything they like in national affairs because the latter are just that: national. Who is to question the laws and regulations of a sovereign state? They can do whatever they like using the most obvious process of democracy: enacting laws!

Who is to stop them?




Had Greece been a dictatorship, or in some sort of newsworthy crisis (think Ukraine), the spotlights would be on -- but it's none of these, fortunately as it were...






TO listen to Greek politicians speak about the crisis, financial figures, growth and budget balancing, you'd think that they understand nothing about the crisis and know nothing about financial figures, balancing a budget, growth policy, and you'd probably be right.

One thing they do know, however: when in doubt, revert to "Save Our Skin" mode.
Enact a law that exonerates everything and everybody: after all trials & tribulations the Greek population has been through without making as much as a dent in the armour, nothing can stop a bit extra...

On the more patriotic side, in SOS mode all of Greece's traditional politicians, the union bosses and the civil-service cronies are united as one!

*Lyrics from the song of same name by British band James .