Mr. Konstantinopoulos: ‘No Tsipras, no Mitsotakis’ is more relevant than ever

“At the Plenary meeting that is expected, there will be a cockfight, a debate “for the eyes of the world”, which is not going to lead us to answers. Only the Committee on Institutions and Transparency will come to those responsible for the scandal, those who himself the Prime Minister has put in the frame, so that they apologize and find out what happened. What we asked, as PASOK – Movement for Change, at the Conference was for the Institutions and Transparency Committee to meet on Wednesday so that everyone could come, Mr. Kontoleon, Mr. . Rammos, Mr. Demiris, Mr. Dimitriadis and the prosecutor in charge of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in order to answer the questions that have arisen. All the parties in the Parliament except the New Democracy have agreed to this request. I am participating in the Conference of Presidents for the last three years and I have to note that this is the first time that the New Democracy is completely isolated within it”, said the vice-president of the parliament and MP of PASOK-KINAL Odysseas Const. Antinopoulos.

Regarding the retrospective investigation of the issue, Mr. Konstantinopoulos commented (athina 9,84): “We have requested that the issue of the KKE be investigated, we have mentioned it in our request. Furthermore, as we have already emphasized, if the government has evidence about the past must be brought to the Institutions and Transparency Committee. If he has the necessary evidence, we are willing to discuss anything. But I wonder, New Democracy has had so many years of evidence that burn SYRIZA and covered it up, as it covered the case Varoufakis avoiding doing a Commission of Inquiry?

Also, if the government has evidence that during the Samara administration, when Mr. Dendias and Mr. Kikilias were responsible for the EYP, illegal surveillance took place, then of course there should be a retrospective examination of the matter. The government must answer all the questions that arise. If New Democracy’s ambition is to treat the institutions the way SYRIZA behaved, let it do so. As I have said before, the question is not “for Mr. Athanasiou to leave, so that Ms. Thanou can come” but for PASOK, which can guarantee respect for the institutions. We have a different culture, we can guarantee the orderly functioning of the democratic polity and we desire absolute transparency first of all.

There are two issues of transparency and democracy in this case: one has to do with the EYP, which the government is using to deal with a political opponent in the way that SYRIZA used the Judiciary. The second big issue concerns Predator, the software that robots the mobile phone threatening privacy. We cannot allow the use of such software by anyone who has the financial power to buy it and potentially threaten politicians, public officials, journalists, citizens. It is a big issue that the disputed message with the link from Predator has been sent from the same number to both Mr. Androulakis and Mr. Koukakis, but the route of the message has not yet been investigated.

As PASOK – Movement for Change we want the truth to come to light, we act in an institutional manner respecting all procedures and this is part of our effort to forge the institutions. Today, “no Mitsotakis, no Tsipras” is more relevant than ever. We will not make them Prime Ministers from the back door, if they do not get self-reliance. Now the citizen has the whole picture to understand what happened in the country with the last two governments and to understand that in order to have a different culture of governance, PASOK must return. Both the one and the other could not guarantee the functioning of the institutions, they used them only for party benefits”.