In an article in the Journal of Editors, PASOK President Nikos Androulakis AIt is in the need of the country for political change amid developments for OPEKEPE.
The whole article by Nikos Androulakis
The Mitsotaki government is on the way. The OPECEPE And the approach with letter votes to reject a pre -trial committee is not an “unfortunate moment”. It is the clearest proof that the Maximus Palace has lost any trace of political credibility and therefore resorted to practices that degrade the quality of democracy and undermine respect for the Greek Parliament.
The image of a government that It collapses institutionally and politically, no evidence is needed anymore. The arrogance of “41%” led to the humiliating departure from the vote to investigate the responsibilities of its two ministers. The letter votes that arrived in the House of Representatives are a direct insult to the Constitution and parliamentary institutions. It is a government of reduced institutional responsibility and political self -confidence, which she herself puts herself in a profound crisis of legitimacy, fearing the vote of her Members!
The pre -trial committee, proposed by PASOK and other opposition parties, It is not a luxury; it is necessary to allow Greek justice to investigate possible crimes described by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in its findings. This cannot be done with an Inquiry Committee.
The New Democracy, however, abandoned the House, because apparently Mr Mitsotakis knew that he would have had losses in the vote. It was a shameful picture, with the few present MPs of the fellowship to collect votes with the “Spartans” seas. Let us not forget, however, the three -month deadline chosen by the ruling party for the inquiry that voted in favor, which reveals the approach to October and to be limited to Mr Voridis’ possible responsibilities.
The OPEKEPE scandal reveals in the most cruel way what the majority of society has long known: the Maximus system has made concealment and cynicism to its basic political principles. The Greek people are once again witnessing the well -known arrogance: Attempting disorientation, overt transposition of responsibilities and – the most outrageous – depreciation of parliamentary procedures, with the sole purpose of imposing ministerial executives. This is the real face of a prime minister who works as if he does not owe an account to anyone. Which considers its property. That offends citizens’ intelligence.
In this way, our parliamentary system is in danger of becoming a “empty shirt”, without substance, without dialogue, without control. Some government officials, after all, say it firmly: “We have over 151 votes, so we are uncontrolled. No one controls us. Neither the Greek justice, nor the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, nor the Independent Authorities. “
This contempt for any concept of democratic accountability is not limited to the obvious case of OPEKEPE. From the scandals of espionage to interventions in justice, from direct assignments to the deprivations of works from the Recovery Fund, the New Democracy of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is intense in vigorous intolerance to transparency. It is no coincidence that whenever explanations are requested, the answer is either guilty of silence or attacking those who dare to control power.
OPECEPE was just the drop that overflowed the glass. The prime minister showed that he is not even interested in farmers waiting for their payments, not even for the society seeking meritocracy. All that seems to concern him is how he will maintain a suffocating control system in the state, even if that means the depreciation of institutions.
The Mitsotakis government is sinking into a decline that is difficult to find in times of democratic normalcy. This is not just a political failure; it is a deeply moral decline. When the country is treated as a loot and citizens as annoying spectators, then we are talking about regime attitudes by a centralized system of power that has lost all contact with society. The Prime Minister, who once advertised the image of the “reformer”, It has now been trapped in a dead -end survival policy. He is afraid of dialogue, avoids difficult questions, denies any control. But as long as it hides behind the courtyard of Maximus, the distance from the real needs of the country will grow.
OPECEPE’s case will not be forgotten. The country cannot move forward with successive scandals. Farmers, workers, young people cannot become victims of a power who sees everything in the light of party interest. It is necessary to end the slippery path of the depreciation of the democratic institutional acquis. A government’s confidence crisis in disintegration should not be turned into a general crisis of legitimizing the political system.
After 10 years of financial crisis, Memorandums and austerity, during which GDP The country decreased by 25%, who would expect some to remain incomprehensible, showing disrespect for the hardships and sacrifices of the Greek people.
Our country needs political change. It is worth a credible government that serves the people and not the interests of a few powerful. Worth institutions that operate with accountability, not to be converted into concealment tools. Worth transparency, not regime arrogance. The end will be put by the Greek people when they send a clear message about a homeland of justice, confidence and perspective.