Unbelievable events take place in Greece. As if Greece is hosting a competition on “Amateurship”. This is the softest characterization one can give in the events that took place yesterday, where the prime minister, George Papandreou, first accepted to resign in order to form an Ecumenical Government under the directorship of some person that the two biggest parties would agree upon and then, after pressure from his party, he took it back! Is anybody now either in Greece or elsewhere that sees seriously Mr. Papandreou as the person in charge in Greece? When the prime minister hints on leaving he either leaves or makes elections. There is no other path because now he has no credibility. How can he face the European prime ministers if days before he suggested/accepted to leave the office? How will be credible in negotiations?
The government accuses the opposition for leaking this proposal to the press before it was final and that this damaged the whole deal. Who cares? Who cares who leaked it to the press? What matters is how to save Greece, not the prime minister’s image. What matters is to unite and work as best and fast as possible. After all, now that it is leaked, and also that he did not go ahead with this, which would have made him look better in the eyes of the people since he would have put first the interest of Greece and not egos, does he look better? Unbelievable maneuvers!
