E. Ahtsioglou: Parastatus of surveillance and wiretapping under Mr. Mitsotakis

“Mr. Mitsotakis knew about the surveillance. From the first moment he chose to put EYP under his absolute control. He changed the law to put his own man in charge, because he did not meet the formal qualifications. He changed the law so that he would not no citizen can be informed that he is being monitored. Now it is ridiculous to claim that he did not know. No one can, in any way, believe this,” said SYRIZA Finance Department head Efi Ahtsioglou.

“The prime minister cannot hide. The responsibility belongs to him and he must answer. Why did he order the monitoring of Mr. Androulakis and investigative journalism? Which other politicians and journalists are they monitoring? Has the Greek government used predator?”, he added. , noting that “a parastatal of surveillance and eavesdropping under Mr. Mitsotakis was revealed. The ministers, the MPs, the politicians of the ND cannot be silent and cover it up”, she continued (Red 105.5).

Referring to the problem of accuracy, she stressed that “the government is constantly fueling the profiteering” and “robbing the income of the citizens”, who “pay the energy cartel directly from their pockets with exorbitant bills and through the State Budget with subsidies”. He pointed out, at the same time, that “the citizens paid approximately 7 billion more in taxes in the 7th month than last year”, while “the government, instead of putting a ceiling on prices and reducing the critical tax rates, plays it safe and says that he has fiscal space for subsidies, but he created that space with the money that citizens pay because of accuracy”.

Finally, Mrs. Ahtsioglou called the court decision that vindicates the workers of Kavala Fertilizers “extremely important”, as “it does not just cancel the collective dismissals made with the Hatzidakis law, it also judges that on the company’s side there were attempts to harm the public interest”.