In Greece, Mr. Theodoros Tenezos is now into the 27th day of his hunger strike. The reason for this hunger strike is to Stop the Cartel who control the entire Greek steel economy. This control has recently seen the high cost of living in Greece cause the closure of many businesses and forced a large number of the Greek population to live below the poverty level.
Mr. Tenezos is a 39 years old businessman, and president of Iron Tenco, a steel retailer in Greece. His company collapsed as a direct result of a refusal by a Greek steel cartel to supply him raw materials without economic reason. His official complaint, submitted nearly 3 years ago, has never been fully investigated by the Greek Competition Commission.
Mr.Tenezos is accusing the Greek government of offering protection to the Greek steel cartel who are currently dominating the Greek economy. The hunger strike is to demand the Greek government fully investigate the steel cartel and completely replace the present committee members that are being sued by him in the criminal courts for illegal practices.
Mr. Tenezos is also demanding the Greek Government and the Greek Competition Commission terminate their protection of the cartels which dominate the Greek economy. This protection has left Greece completely unprotected in the present economic crisis, leaving the Greek people exposed to poverty.
This is the first hunger strike in the world to address the basic structural economic and political problem present in most of the countries.
Greece is currently rated as one of the least efficient economies in the world over last few years according to the listing of Global Competition Review, and considered a ‘Black Hole’ of competitive trading in Europe.