Pantelis Boukalas on the revolutionary message of the "Anonymous Greek"

Today Greece celebrates its Independence Day, commemorating the nation's liberation from Turkish rule in 1821. Commentator Pantelis Bukalas writes in the daily I Kathimerini: "Today is marked by a sense of melancholy and scepticism. Not just because of the poor economic data, but also because the government's lies ('No new taxes will be introduced' ...) and aimless policies have been exposed time and again. And now as many had feared it also turns out that the costs will be covered ... not by those with money ... but by those already beset by woes - the small people, the 'anonymous' ones. ... Once again the lie has been put to the joyful revolutionary call ['Elliniki Nomarchia'] of the so-called 'Anonymous Greek' in 1806: 'The poor fathers should know that under Greek rule all citizens, rich and poor, can live a good life. The laws will care for the impoverished. All children are children of the nation, and the nation will educate them and provide for their prosperity."

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