A new plan for social issues?

If one were to leaf through the National Action Plan for the Protection of Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (2022-27), you would find that it is presenting a slew of shortcomings and problems. The 'strategic objectives,' the 11 new policies, the dozens of measures, should have borne fruit a year before the expiration of the five-year deadline. So why are the consultations with the ministries still 'pending,' and the recent atrocious case in Kypseli (where a couple was hiding a dead, frozen infant in a suitcase) fell once again through the cracks? It revealed the lack of coordination between the juvenile unit of the prosecutor's office, municipal social services, the police, hospitals and child protection structures. It would be an interesting question to raise, now that political attention is focused on the Thessaloniki International Fair this weekend, the 'surprise aid packages' and the expected economic announcements by the prime minister. Obviously, this is what employees, farmers, retirees, taxpayers are waiting for to relieve some of the economic pressure and, for some, to weigh their votes in the next general elections. But are we mature enough to hear something different? To judge the effectiveness of a government term by pushing aside economic demands and turning our attention to another very serious aspect of society? 'Kypseli was the last stop on a long journey of cultivating evil without a trace of guilt, because the 'dehumanization' of the members of this 'family' was completed a long time ago, and no authority stopped this misery, despite the fact that it witnessed it many times. What an irony! The rent for a short-term lease had to go unpaid in order for the horror to be revealed!' psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Athanasios Alexandridis told Kathimerini, summarizing the problem. He refers to 'dehumanization,' a keyword, which is applicable in many such cases, with different intensity. If, for example, the couple had been reliable tenants, paid on time and did not create problems, the infant would still be in the freezer. The times we live in have aspects that cannot be glossed over by traditional or modified anti-inflation measures such as the so-called 'household basket.' The effect of subsidies is increasingly limited. They neither eliminate nor cure the real nightmare, which politicians know how to cover up.