For my final post today, I would like to share my thoughts on some recent political developments here in Greece. I must confess I have no idea about their impact on the European or Worldwide political scenery, but they are most important and so I felt like they should be commented on.
A man was recently murdered in cold blood by a member of the "Golden Dawn" right wing extremist political party. Apparently from what the press are revealing it was a set-up, since the victim was at a coffee shop watching the Olympiacos-PSG soccer game when afterwards he walked outside to an ambush of 30 to 40 men awaiting his departure. And it was no accident either. The deceased was a 45 year old rap artist who had created and sung many songs against the extremists. So they had a reason to kill him.
The murderer confessed, and that lead to a chain of events. Most of the big heads of the "Golden Dawn" political party have been arrested and are currently on trial. From the leader Nikos Michaloliakos and his immediate associates Ilias Kasidiaris and Ilias Pappas. They were arrested at their homes, where they held guns and other weapons illegally. Those were, of course, confiscated.
Now here's where things began to get a little too tricky for the simple-minded. The rest of the "Golden Dawn" members that were under investigation began showing up one after another at the Greek Police Headquarters in order to turn themselves in! All the while yelling and screaming at the cameras that "There's no truth in the accusations! Do not believe any of it!" (plus some curses and spitting).
There's two things happening if someone is so willing to turn himself in so that he be put to jail. One, is that he is sure that he's right so he believes he won't be put there at all. But considering the wide array of crimes these people have (reportedly) committed, that is not the case. The other is that he knows that despite all the things he might have done, he can get away with it. Which is highly likely considering Greece's flawed judicial system.
What of the Government? Did they just now realize how much of a threat the "Golden Dawn" is? Did it have to come to this, a person openly losing his life in front of a camera in order for them to take action? Did the current and previous governments have something to gain by simply allowing their existence (like, for example using them in order to blindside people of the fact that pensions are getting yet another drop)? Or could members of these governments have been in league with the "Golden Dawn", which could lead one to think that that's the reason why they all turned up so peacefully: simply because they know this is all been cleverly orchestrated by the government themselves?
There's only one positive thing coming out of all this and that's the fact that people have woken up to the fact that the "Golden Dawn" is more of a criminal organization than a political party. The question is, who was that criminal organization really working for?
Oh well, at least our streets are a little safer...
A man was recently murdered in cold blood by a member of the "Golden Dawn" right wing extremist political party. Apparently from what the press are revealing it was a set-up, since the victim was at a coffee shop watching the Olympiacos-PSG soccer game when afterwards he walked outside to an ambush of 30 to 40 men awaiting his departure. And it was no accident either. The deceased was a 45 year old rap artist who had created and sung many songs against the extremists. So they had a reason to kill him.
The murderer confessed, and that lead to a chain of events. Most of the big heads of the "Golden Dawn" political party have been arrested and are currently on trial. From the leader Nikos Michaloliakos and his immediate associates Ilias Kasidiaris and Ilias Pappas. They were arrested at their homes, where they held guns and other weapons illegally. Those were, of course, confiscated.
Now here's where things began to get a little too tricky for the simple-minded. The rest of the "Golden Dawn" members that were under investigation began showing up one after another at the Greek Police Headquarters in order to turn themselves in! All the while yelling and screaming at the cameras that "There's no truth in the accusations! Do not believe any of it!" (plus some curses and spitting).
There's two things happening if someone is so willing to turn himself in so that he be put to jail. One, is that he is sure that he's right so he believes he won't be put there at all. But considering the wide array of crimes these people have (reportedly) committed, that is not the case. The other is that he knows that despite all the things he might have done, he can get away with it. Which is highly likely considering Greece's flawed judicial system.
What of the Government? Did they just now realize how much of a threat the "Golden Dawn" is? Did it have to come to this, a person openly losing his life in front of a camera in order for them to take action? Did the current and previous governments have something to gain by simply allowing their existence (like, for example using them in order to blindside people of the fact that pensions are getting yet another drop)? Or could members of these governments have been in league with the "Golden Dawn", which could lead one to think that that's the reason why they all turned up so peacefully: simply because they know this is all been cleverly orchestrated by the government themselves?
There's only one positive thing coming out of all this and that's the fact that people have woken up to the fact that the "Golden Dawn" is more of a criminal organization than a political party. The question is, who was that criminal organization really working for?
Oh well, at least our streets are a little safer...
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