how 800,000 people can still be wrong

This is not a security related post !!!

May I introduce to you, Mr. Yves Leterme, prime minister of our little country. In June 2007 he was elected prime minister with a whopping 800,000 votes behind his name. I'm not going to lay out the history of Belgium in this blogpost, but some of you may know we have a Dutch-speaking part (Flanders) and a French-speaking part (Wallonie). It has been a troubled marriage for the past decades and it came to no surpise Yves won so many votes by touting a far-going federal reform of the country (on the verge of seperatism). That was medio 2007. We are now at the end of 2008 and the following has happened :
1) Mr. Leterme has not been able to form a functioning government in 18 months.
2) Mr. Leterme was not able to deliver on his promise of a federal reform, which he promised would 'benefit' the whole country. Instead his demeanor drove a wedge between the two parts of Belgium and mutual understanding has been far gone since his appearance on the main stage.
3) In 09/2008, 10/2008, the financial crisis hit. Big Belgian banks (Fortis, Dexia) got into trouble and were bailed out by the Belgian government. This was the moment Yves proved himself to be quite the leader, or so he thought. He messed up countless times, lied about the European authorities not being reachable while decisions were being made. Mrs. Kroes proved him wrong on national television. Talking about humiliation.
4) Shareholders took the Belgian government to court over the Fortis deal, because Yves decided to move fast and sell off the left-overs to BNP Paribas without consulting the shareholders. And this is where his amateurism culminates. While the higher courts were deliberating the case. Mr. Letermes minions decided it was time to 'intervene', putting pressure on judges to rule in favor of the government. This was brought out in parliament yesterday and today and in more than 24 hours, the Belgian government has not been able to formulate an answer to its defense or say something sensible about the shit we're in.

All this while the global financial crisis is developing at rapid speed, corporations are struggling to stay afloat and workers are scared senseless about their future. While some say worse than having a disfunctional government is having no government at all, I am not so sure. When we wake up tomorrow morning, Mr. Leterme is no longer a leader, he is an incompetent person grasping to power, while knowing he does not have the ability to make right what he did wrong, nor does he have the power to control the crisis at hand. Mr. Yves Leterme will be a lame duck. Sure we will suffer with no government but at least he won't be able to do further damage.

Mr. Leterme,
While you were cheering when you 'won' the elections, you knew you didn't have it in you, didn't you ? You knew that it all was a big fat lie just to be part of history. Did you think about 'the people' at that time ? Did you think about the fact that your power-hunger would have an impact on 10,000,000 people ? You fucked up, realize it, step down and let us move forward.
Thanks.