In recent days, we have been bombarded with opinions about the responsibilities of members of parliament, about political targeting, but also about the regularity of the slush fund as if it was something that always happened, and everyone benefits from it.
On the other hand, comes a (Laura Codruța) Kövesi who, with excessive audacity, dares to overturn everything (on the microphone and in public, please) in the interview she gave to Pavlos Tsimas.
To the journalist’s question “Yesterday, 13 members of parliament had their immunity lifted. However, most of them argue that these charges are not valid. That they are simply accused of mediating between a citizen and the public authority, without being asked to do anything illegal. Why did the European Public Prosecutor’s Office insist on lifting their immunity? Do you think it is a real crime for a politician to be an intermediary between a citizen and the public authority?”
He answered
“…….. Now, to answer your question, I am a prosecutor. I have been a prosecutor for more than 30 years. I don’t know if that is good or bad. For me, for my colleagues, as prosecutors, we see corruption, abuse of power, fraud, trading in influence. These are crimes. They are defined as crimes in Greek law. These are defined as crimes in almost all other EU members. Okay? Well, no one in the world is going to convince me that these charges are part of the job description of politicians here in Greece or anywhere in the EU. No one is going to convince me of that.”
What is the Romanian prosecutor asking us?
Something very difficult, to change our mindset, to forget what we knew, to not believe in what we are fed, to let go of the craving and choose to let go of the craving.
Kövesi's messages provoke different reactions. The opposition and some Greeks want to see her as the female Zorro who came to bring order because they themselves have tolerated it for so many years and accept it, while the government sees her as a political opponent who came to shake up the status quo.
Of course things could have been simpler... if he had come and spoken like a prosecutor. As for the reactions, what did you expect?
Nobody wants to change. Try changing something simple, like when you eat. All changes are difficult, let alone changes in mindset, or institutional changes.
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
