Transparency in politics

The Kasselakis saga would not have existed if SYRIZA - not the party in its present shape, but the old, orthodox one - had done its job properly when putting together its ballot for the last national elections or even during the vote for a new party leader. It's been a year since Stefanos Kasselakis suddenly appeared on the Greek political stage and nine months since he was triumphantly elected leader of the country's second biggest party. Yet, SYRIZA spokesperson Voula Kehagia claims that she does not know how many and what kind of companies the party leader is involved in or whether he transferred ownership before running for party president. The only thing she has said is that she "assumes" he probably had some kind of company when he was elected.

Apart from being comical, the Kasselakis affair is also interesting from a political perspective. We're not referring to all...