Political Polarisation

For the sake of our common future, candidates must not cross the thin, red line that separates a legitimate clash of views and policies from the cesspool of extreme polarisation.

Citizens be more interested in the cost of living than the machinations of a former minister or the wiretapping of the phone of a party leader, but affairs often follow their own rules.

What is unusual, perhaps, is the toxicity and fanaticism with which a segment of the Greek political world is approaching the electoral process this time around.

The government has no right just for the sake of keeping its hope alive to marshal means that undermine the smooth functioning of democracy.

Just as he did before coming to power in 2015, Mr. Tsipras revived on different terms an extremely deep polarisation in Greek society and in the political landscape.

Those who believed that the exit from bailout memorandums would put an end to political extremities and populist rhetoric have seen their hopes dashed.

Those in power must understand at long last that the economy and society cannot endure a repetition of the 2015 crisis.

At the moment politics is being channeled towards gamblers’ practices and the system of government is slipping into an anomalous situation, comparable to the one that prevailed in the mid-1960s.

The odd couple in the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition appears to be interested only in its own survival. It is indifferent to the consequences of its actions on the country.

In the case of he Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HDCC), the government engaged in constant scandal-mongering in regard to the case, as it would be yet another one of its 'scandal of scandals'.

The criminalisation of political life will not cease., as all means will be marshaled in what the government views as a battle to the bitter end, and without rules.   

As is its wont, the government is handling the amendment process as a communications and political diversionary tactic, which aims to cause problems for the opposition.