Van Hanen goes heavy?

It would be interestig to know how much about this piece of news has been released around the world. You be my guinea-pigs, please!

In Finland, we have had a storming year with the funding behind the politicians and parties. Some of them admit knowing where the money has come from while most of them act ignorant. In principle, no-one has done anything illegal, but the cover-ups and denials make the politicians look dirty. It's all about the credibility in the end.

Our not-anymore-so-beloved prime minister Mr. Vanhanen is in the middle of it. He has been connected to RAY, which is a Finnish money games owning company. All left-handed robbers (or fruit-games, as we called them today) for instance belong to them in Finland. RAY is a sacred institution for us, and therefore should be non-political.

Vanhanen and his party, the Center party, are involved in another mess too. Along with most of the congressmen in Finland. There is a company called Nova group which is now bankrupt. It was revealed that several parties and politicians had received vast amounts of money from them when the company was in economical trouble. Now they are forced to pay back the easy money they had received. It hasn't gone without objections naturally. The 100k-euros-plus the Center party now owes to Nova group isn't actually chicken feed.

Because of the innuendo that these gifts and contributions might have affected the result in the previous election, many congressmen, especially on the opposition side of course, demand a new election. Immediately. Prime minister says no, and the debate continues.

I must admit that Mr. Vanhanen really has balls. Like a true heavy rock star. He's in deep shit, so to speak, and yet he acts like nothing had happened. Quite like Berlusconi, I could imagine. Maybe that's the only way to stay in power. Denial gets you far. Into my blog too, LOL!

In fact, I'm not that excited about the new election. Let's face it, some faces might change, but the composition in the parliament wouldn't. People are so slow when it comes to change their mind about political orientation. After all, it's the parties that "guide" their representatives in the parliament. It would be gullible to think otherwise. And, frankly, I think Matti Vanhanen has done a great job so far. His non-political moves are only a good sidekick to his otherwise boring persona. Who said that politics mustn't be funny too? Not me.