ATHENS - Dawn had yet not risen over Athens and there was an autumn drizzle in the air, when the head of Greece?s far-right Golden Dawn party was led in handcuffs on his way to jail, following his arrest four days earlier.
Public prosecutors had confirmed that Nikos Michaloliakos would become the first Greek political party boss to spend time behind bars since the fall of the country?s military junta in 1974.
His wife Eleni Zaroulia ? also a member of the Parliament ? and his daughter, together with a few other lawmakers and about half a dozen party supporters, were waiting patiently to see him, before he was transferred to a maximum-security prison. ?Blood, honour, Golden Dawn,? they shouted as their leader exited the black Jeep, surrounded by armed policemen with balaclavas.
?Listen, leader, and listen carefully! You humbled the system once again!? they chanted.
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