Greece ― the country that lets people escape justice – POLITICO

ATHENS ― In the country famous for inventing democracy, there’s a sense it is fraying.

Greece has experienced a series of scandals that, while all very different, add up to a feeling that justice is crumbling ― and that those in power don’t want to rectify it. Or worse, are culpable. 

“There is a sense of a systematic and concerted effort to downplay certain incidents,” said Andreas Pottakis, Greece’s ombudsman, an independent official who looks into state maladministration. This breeds “suspicions of an attempted cover-up” and negligence that “could involve political leadership.”