An example to be avoided

The ongoing investigation into Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and the way it has been handled has caused a lot of damage to both the government and the country.

I have no doubt there was a massive and expensive orgy of mismanagement in the health sector and that bribes were paid to doctors, politicians and civil servants. 

It was all part of a larger orgy of corruption that lasted decades and - unfortunately - involved the main political parties that governed the country. The main players who were involved in public procurements in two or three crucial sectors of the government operated in an environment of institutionalized corruption.

It is the duty of the Greek state seek serious compensation from those who participated in this sinful game. Unfortunately it has not done so, because political idiocy has prevailed and politicians are only interested in...