I am speaking of course about the former Prime Minister of Greece … Alexis Tsipras.
Tsipras, as you will recall, was elected P.M. earlier this year – January 25th to be precise. He and his Party literally came out of nowhere – from left field as it were, to seize this coveted post.
We all know why – Greece was struggling under European sanctions designed to get Greece’s finances under control. The average Greek did not like it and turned surprisingly to Tsipras and his left wing Party for relief.
So if anyone had a mandate to deal effectively with those mean spirted Europeans – it was Tsipras.
But no – that was not good enough for Alexis.
He needed a Referendum to give him real authority and a concrete mandate to tell Europe to go to blazes.
The Referendum came and went and low and behold Tsipras got what he wanted – overwhelming support to take a tough stand with the EU.
Two strong ‘Yeses’ within months of one another.
So off to the EU within days of the Referendum and what does he do … why of course he capitulates – that is to say, he totally surrenders to Europe’s demands.
You may ask what was the purpose of the January Election and the follow-up Referendum? And you’d be right. What was their purpose.
It gets even more bizarre.
I said in an earlier Blog that we could now expect his party to revolt and kick their leader out for his outlandish betrayal.
And indeed, that is just what happened this week – Tsipras resigned after calling another election.
But surprise, surprise – he is not riding off into the sunset as he should – rather he is running for the Prime Ministership once again – within 8 months of being elected to the same post.
Incredible.
I cannot wait to see what happens. Shoudl he wins – he calls another Referendum to be followed by another election.
He just gets too many Yeses – hopefully this time he will get his no and Greece can begin to move on and do what they need to do to get their house in order.
As I see it…
‘K.D. Galagher’
