Cyprus Editorial: Incompetence rules over meritocracy

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The latest gaffe by the communist-led administration confirms the concerns of many that all decisions in Cyprus are based on party politics and a measure of who-you-know, as opposed to competence and merit, supposedly for the good of the nation.
The recent leak of reasons for the reappointment or replacement of semi-government board members proved President Christofias wrong, who often rambles on about equality, meritocracy, transparency and the like, with his lieutenants repeating the same, only to add that “everything has improved with this administration” and that “compared to past administrations, we are doing a good job.”
However, when it comes to Bushisms and other ridiculous statements, no one can do it better than members of the current administration who seem to have become experts on everything from banking and finance, to energy, political strategy and international relations.
Just like a repeat of the press briefings by Comical Ali who was declaring that “we are defeating the infidels” when the NATO-led forces were crossing the Baghdad bridge behind him, the statements by government officials that “the banks are to blame for the current economic crisis” was followed by comments made by the Troika inspectors who told a closed parliamentary hearing that the situation is worse than anticipated, and that the fiscal situation is an equal if not bigger cause than the banking crisis.
The President missed a great opportunity to appoint non-party people to quango boards and take the credit for doing the right thing for Cyprus. But just as he ignored the outcome of the inquiry into the Mari disaster, and just as nothing has been done to investigate any scandal surrounding the bond-buying by the banks, it is feared that the steering committee that will look into the sale of securities to unknowing depositors could be biased in order to cover up the incompetence of the current administration.
Somebody needs to drum up the courage to stand up and do whatever it takes for the good of the nation and not for the good of a few.