Onasagoras
This has got to be the photo of the year...maybe even the decade. And if anyone still didn’t know what the new Auditor General looks like, well, they certainly do now. Only catch? In real life, the man doesn’t have hair—he sports what I’d call a charming bald head—but in this particular photo, he’s rocking a full head of luscious curls. Confused? I can assure you, I am. Let’s start from the beginning…
The star of this saga is Andreas “Inspector Clouseau” Papaconstantinou, who chose this disguise as part of a research experiment to experience life as a bus passenger. Someone snapped a photo, someone else posted it on social media, and as we say back in my village, the rest is history.
The Auditor General himself, not the bus-ticket kind, but the actual General, was reportedly horrified when he saw the photo published. Rumor has it he was pulling his (real) hair out. Tempers flared, the Audit Office went into full detective mode to find the culprit, and Papaconstantinou is now calling for a criminal investigation. I can already see… hair-pulling in the future.
Honestly, it’s hard to know what’s funnier—or more tragically ridiculous. The Auditor General in a bargain-bin wig that looks like a skit straight out of Mihalis Sofokleous’ satirical show? Or the announcement that there will be a criminal investigation—yes, criminal—to track down (and presumably prosecute and imprison) the person responsible, as if some top-secret Ministry of Defense files had been leaked to the Turkish army, committing high treason. Relax!
After all, in these grim days of endless clouds and storms, this little photo was a bright spot, a story that actually made us smile. Just, dear Andreas, next time, maybe invest in a slightly better wig.
Meanwhile, reports say Eirini Charalambidou ultimately turned down Nikolas Papadopoulos’ offer to join DIKO, reasoning that after all these years in the opposition, she couldn’t just leap straight into a coalition government.
My suggestion? Try EDEK. It’s got the best of both worlds: theoretically part of the government, but in practice, no one complains more about Christodoulides and his actions. Basically, EDEK is in the coalition on odd-numbered days, in opposition on even-numbered days. They support, they protest. They applaud, they give the finger. They do it all, and it works.
