Update:
The Greek Government heads for a reshuffle as five cabinet members resign over tough austerity measures required to secure a €130bn bailout package, while PM Lucas Papademos warns that default would be “uncontrolled chaos”.
The Socialist response for fiscal incompetence is to blame someone else. The Obama administration blames the rich for not paying their “fair share”. The Greek police union are threatening to arrest EU and IMF officials for “demanding deeply unpopular austerity measures”.
When politicians use social programs to buy votes, the consequences are ALWAYS the same. At the point when the system cannot sustain the handouts, the people receiving the handouts rise up for their “rights”. At this point, the top down government crushes the bottom up rebellion and institutes a new government. What kind of government do you think the United States will be given when this happens?
David DeGerolamo
Greek police union wants to arrest EU/IMF officials
Greece’s largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for officials from the country’s European Union and International Monetary Fund lenders for demanding deeply unpopular austerity measures.
In a letter obtained by Reuters on Friday, the Federation of Greek Police accused the officials of “…blackmail, covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty” and said one target of its warrants would be the IMF’s top official for Greece, Poul Thomsen.
The threat is largely symbolic since legal experts say a judge must first authorize such warrants, but it shows the depth of anger against foreign lenders who have demanded drastic wage and pension cuts in exchange for funds to keep Greece afloat.
“Since you are continuing this destructive policy, we warn you that you cannot make us fight against our brothers. We refuse to stand against our parents, our brothers, our children or any citizen who protests and demands a change of policy,” said the union, which represents more than two-thirds of Greek policemen.
“We warn you that as legal representatives of Greek policemen, we will issue arrest warrants for a series of legal violations … such as blackmail, covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty.”
