The New Democracy government practices a centralisation and ineffective way of ruling, despite the labels of 'executive state' and 'multipurpose modernisation', PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis said in an interview published Sunday.
In the 'To Vima' weekly newspaper, Androulakis commented that the executive state and the multipurpose modernisation (incorporating traditional Greek values adapted to modern challenges) had been accompanied by a string of failures.
The opposition leader explicitly named the following: the lack of a precise organisation chart for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection ministry; the destruction by fire of an Air Force base housing state-of-the-art systems; and the murder of Michalis Katsouris at the hooligan attacks in Nea Philadelphia.
Particularly in the case of Katsouris' death in the hands of Croatian hooligans, who entered Greece despite a UEFA ban on fans and without being stopped by the Greek border or other authorities, Androulakis said that "political liabilities are self-evident and heavier yet when the excuse used is that Citizen Protection Minister (Yiannis) Economou was not aware of what was happening."
He added, "The attempt to disavow responsibilities and the prime minister's silence have added even more to Greek society's anger."
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