Troika conditions unknown to Athens ministers

Greece's Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Michalis Chrisochoidis, admitted in an interview on Tuesday that he is completely unfamiliar with the austerity requirements imposed by the Troika on Greece because he hasn't read the agreement. Chrysochoidis is unfortunately no isolated case, writes the left-liberal daily To Ethnos, and criticises the irresponsibility of many members of government: "Our country's biggest political tragedy is also demonstrated by a further admission, this time by ex-finance minister Louka Katseli. ... She said that before the first vote [in 2010] she only had three hours (!!!) to study the agreement. Ministers and members of parliament who don't know what they're voting on and who evidently don't care to find out are not only useless and incompetent, but also dangerous. Dangerous both for the country and for our democracy. And from the people's perspective they undermine the credibility of the democratic system."

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