Nepotism

It appears that some government ministers believe that by hiring their cronies, they can control everything. They are mistaken.The proposal of a provision for an unjustified increase in the number of presidents of the council of appeals court judges backfired. Judges were rightly enraged and they made it clear.

Greece should not return to the past when, for many years, cronyism dominated the promotion policy in the armed and security forces, causing great damage. Back then, it was much more important whose "team" an officer was in and which politician he had a close relationship with, rather than how capable he really was.

Citizens - the majority of whom are addicted to partisan absolutism and accusations against rivals for the destruction that they (alone) have wreaked on the country - might feel perplexed by an assessment of modern Greek history that acknowledges the contribution of all sides to the country's political, economic and social progress.

The message being sent by efforts to reduce spending and waste in the Greek Parliament is absolutely the right one.

Citizens have a right to feel secure in the knowledge that its representatives have all the means and staff available to them that are necessary for them to carry out their duties.

The appointment of Council of State head Zerrin Güngör's daughter Gonca Hatinoğlu as an investigative judge at the Court of Cassation has drawn criticism, amid opposition claims of rising "nepotism" in the Turkish state.

The government on Thursday defended its decision to appoint the father of a prominent minister and close friend of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the helm of a state transport organization, rebuffing accusations of corruption and nepotism from across the political spectrum.

Both the government and the prime minister himself are quick to brush off any suggestions that snap polls may be on the horizon, yet their behavior points to this precise eventuality.

The contract employees of social infrastructures of local self-government organization (ΟΤΑ) protest outside the Ministry of Labour claiming that they have not been paid for six months.

German magazine Focus published an extensive article on the Greek government claiming it appoints friends and relatives to public job positions stressing that “the new government of Greece had promised to put an end to the old nepotism. But, it seems it continues this practice”.

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members appear to be immune to popular outrage concerning moral justice and are giving a recital in nepotism. The latest example is that of Alternate Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou whose family appointments reign supreme, something that is a matter of course within the party.