The stain is enormous, even without ‘Mafia State’, Nikos Anastasiades

It was a grand performance. Drenched in legalese, he took on everyone: the Independent Authority Against Corruption, the inspectors who conducted the Mafia State investigation, all his enemies at home and abroad, and Drousiotis himself. In the end, he alone, flawless and infallible, pronounced judgment. Everyone else is lying. Everyone else is wrong.

But the biggest mistake, ironically, was his own. He still hasn’t grasped that society couldn’t care less whether he or Drousiotis is right. He...