The search for a new leader

The pro-government Greek daily I Kathimerini analyses the mistakes of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, and casts about for potential replacements. "The prime minister tries in vain to keep up with events. His ministers are incapable of dealing with circumstances, and he has lost control of this incendiary situation - with catastrophic consequences for the entire country. ... It is being left up to the police, who lack orders or any plan to speak of, to improvise. ... The images of police sitting pathetically as stones and Molotov cocktails pour down on them were unbelievable. ... The people are looking for a new leader, someone who can restore confidence in the public institutions, put an end to the immunity of politicians, journalists and other celebrities ... and who has the courage to fight corruption. ... Unfortunately such a leader is nowhere in sight."

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