http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64649120100507
Greek PM must bow to calls for catharsis
...My rage is huge when I see the tragedy of the looting of Greek people's wealth," he told a parliament debate on his austerity bill on Thursday, accusing the previous government of waste and corruption.
"One minister paid 28,000 euros (24,103 pounds) for office curtains...They will be prosecuted."
Opinion polls show Greeks are more willing to suffer belt-tightening measures to exit a debt crisis shaking the euro zone if those they hold responsible for their woes -- corrupt politicians and businessmen -- pay...
where Papandreou himself clearly places the blames on Greeks themselves, no one else.
Unbelievably politicians have been immune from prosecution?
A main hurdle to fighting corruption is a constitutional law protecting politicians suspected of wrongdoing from prosecution unless parliament lifts their immunity. Several parliamentary committees have been investigating scandals but no politician has ever been brought to justice.
The ruling party itself has shown some desire to reform. In a letter to parliament, 48 of its younger members petitioned to investigate all those who have held public office in the last 20 years and confiscate whatever cannot be justified.
"We must have catharsis in our political system to rescue our political ethos and restore our role as parliamentarians," they said.
But, hey, if Oracle says it is everyone's fault but the Greeks - she must be right - after all she is an 'Oracle'.
