 I had recourse to the Council of State, the supreme Court of Greece as far as public administration matters are concerned.And in 1996, i.e. after eight years, was issued the decision 3138/1996 that did justice to me. For according to this decision, Liakos had to lose his post and the competition should be repeated between him and myself. The regime, nonetheless, did not accept this very decision to be applied. And afterwards I lost all my posts - professor of History at the Naval Academy, and the Naval War College as well as my directorship at the Museum of the City of Athens. As a result, I was jobless during four years (2000-2004). Now, the nationalist movements in Greece ask a public request for the application of the decision No 3138/1996 of the Council of State to be signed. Everyone who wishes to sign has to send an e-mail, with his full name and a valid e-mail address, to : epitropi1978@gmail.com You may find the relevant site in : http://www.ethnikonthematon.blogspot.com, on the right side, under the Greek flag and the Stassinopoulos' photography.If you agree, please send a message.(You may write it in English: I wish the decision No 3138/1996 of the Council of State to be applied; and add in Latin characters: Na efarmostei i apofasi 3138/1996 tou Symvouliou tis Epikrateias.)
Gentlemen, Though
not an Irishman, I feel obliged to seek the indulgence of your newspaper; for
the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is assuredly an international
issue, the impact of which will be critical as far as the future of our Old
Continent is concerned. Therefore,
as a Greek, i.e. a citizen of a European Union country, I cannot see the reason
why a second referendum must be held in your country. One has already taken
place; and the majority of voters clearly expressed themselves: a resounding No
to the Lisbon Treaty! And if one wants to labour the relevant question, one has
to recognize that there was no reason
for even the first referendum to be
held. In point of fact, even before the first Irish referendum was held, the
French and the Dutch had already rejected, through their vote, the essence of
the famous Lisbon Treaty. In other words, it is clear that a
nucleus of power is pushing for
referendum after referendum to be held, simply to render the Peoples of Europe
exhausted; and in that way to gain the
Peoples’ consent to the adoption of the
Lisbon Treaty. So, as I see it, the main point is : Why? As a matter of fact, today The second point concerning the application of
the Lisbon Treaty is that it will bring about the total destruction of national statehoods. As a matter of fact, such are already
–partially- destroyed; and the corollary is that one is entitled to ask, when Monsieur
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Nonetheless,
the total destruction of national statehoods may still be regarded by a lot of
people as a merely theoretical issue; but it cannot be regarded as a merely
theoretical issue if one has in mind that such a development would jeopardize
the very existence of the middle social strata, which, truth to tell, had by
means of their sacrifices built up Europe’s national statehoods in the first
place. Were these statehoods destroyed, Europe’s population would be divided
into two social strata: that of the very rich, who would be able, thanks to
their wealth, to protect their property and life; and that of the very poor,
i.e. the vast majority, who despite their skills (or, rather, because of them) would
form an enormous ‘pool of slaves’ at the disposal of the rich ones. Symptoms of a development in that sense and
direction are already visible in Southern Europe: young people, and especially
the skilled ones, are doomed to take on and perform humiliating jobs, which
they agree to undertake because of the Damoclean Sword of unemployment hanging
over them; and needless to say, those humiliating jobs as a rule imply humiliating social conditions and thus a
humiliating existence. Having this in mind, one can easily grasp the point that
the riots which, from last December on, are continually taking place in Alas!
Nowadays forgotten are truisms like the one that democracy does not mean
freedom; and another one that wealth does not imply prosperity; and above all
the principle accredited to Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 BC), that speculation alone does yield a lot of money, but
the wealth so accrued is like a
feather in the wind. In point of fact, only toil may provide a given society
with a solid basis. A naïve
truism? Yes, of course…
but we must bring this once and for all in mind. Nonetheless,
the vast majority of European citizens have the impression that the application
of the Lisbon Treaty will not have any impact on their everyday life. Quite the
contrary will be the case. For the political scene will be completely changed,
if the Lisbon Treaty is applied: in the Europe envisaged by that famous Treaty,
instead of a rather weak executive power, European countries will be run by a
very strong one, which will have virtually
no bond with the Peoples’ will. Today it is still possible for a citizen to
complain to a Member of “his” Parliament, to a minister of “his” government, to
“his” prime minister, Irish, Greek, whatever, if necessary; but tomorrow whom
will we Europeans address? An unapproachable, immovable power? This may well be
so. The future does seem dark; not only for us
citizens but for Europe, too.Were our
Old –and glorious- Continent to be
united through forced polls, the result
would likely be a fast collapse, like
the one that befell the Hebrew Kingdom after the death of Solomon. In other
words, we have had enough of Dimitris Michalopoulos
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