Nikos Mourtziapis is a blogger that was arrested last week for slander.
Justice and the Police seemingly have a way of working quicker when there’s a suit coming from an MP than from any other citizen.
Personally, I don’t know the guy. I don’t know what he said.
But, I wonder if in the land that gave birth to Democracy it’s right to arrest someone based the fact that they’ve been sued.
I would understand it if they were suspected of having done something that can cause danger to themselves or others, but being jailed over the weekend for alleged slander?
By the time this person (any person) sees a judge that will appoint the actual court date, the media will have had a feast over them, continuously reporting them as the accused.
How fair is that?
Categories: Justice is not blind
Tagged: blogger, justice, MPs, slander
Siemens has been bribing Greek MPs.
What a shock!
The German tax authorities spilled the beans and now we’re still looking for who got what.
The PM comes out to say that “we” have faith in the justice system. Do we? I thought faith was required for things that did not have a physical and organising way of presenting themselves. Or am I just reading between the li(n)es here?
The Press Secretary comes out to say he does not comment on “rumours” about a minister of his government to have travelled to Germany on Siemens expenses. I really have to admit that the Press Secretary is probably the smartest guy in the cabinet, I kid you not.
An MP for the opposition party came out to say he had received a one-off payment of 1 million deutsch marks (€0.5 million) back in the day, which he transferred to his party.
The main defendant in this case, the man that used to run the “money under the table” project for Siemens in Germany, said he paid no less than €5 million a year.
From €5 million a year, we only know what happened to a one-off payment of half a million?
And this is just one company that we happenned to hear about. Imagine how much money we would be talking about if we examined all suppliers for the public sector ever!
Is there a bookmaker that would be willing to accept a wager that no-one will be found guilty for bribery?
Categories: Crime does pay · Deja vu all over again · In government we trust... not! · Name someone who is not corrupted · Read between the lines · What's the average salary of a politician?
Tagged: bribery, corruption, faith, government, justice, MPs, PM, siemens
