“One of the most serious dimensions of the scandal of the illegal monitoring of N. Androulakis, was the revelation that the Independent Authority for Ensuring the Privacy of Communications does NOT have an electronic record of the decisions to remove privacy, but a handwritten one, as a result of which it becomes impossible control by the Authority”, says PASOK-KINAL in a statement.
The opposition party notes that yesterday’s response by the Ministers of Justice and Digital Governance to the question submitted by PASOK-Movement for Change MPs, reveals the uncontrollable nature of the surveillance, since, as noted, they admitted that:
“1. In March 2021, par. 12 was added to Law 2225/1994 (with article 37 par. 2 Law 4786/2021, Gazette A 43/23.3.2021), which defined that “with common decision of the Ministers of Justice and Digital Governance, all technical and procedural details are determined for the implementation and operation of the procedure of par. 4 regarding the delivery of the extract of the provision by electronic encrypted message.”.
But the decision in question has NOT been issued yet, deliberately leaving the decisions to remove the privacy of citizens’ communications completely unchecked.
2. With Law 4871/2021 (Government Gazette A 246/10.12.2021), the Government, after nine months, separated the declassification process for reasons of national security of the EYP and stipulated that an electronic delivery platform for the declassification order be created of the confidentiality of communications for reasons of national security, which operates in the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and “by decision of the Commander of the NIS all technical and procedural details for implementation and operation are determined of the electronic platform…”
And PASOK-KINAL continues:
“Why was the process separated from the Government? And above all, why did the Governor of the EYP and his political superior, Mr. Prime Minister, never proceed with the creation of the electronic platform?
ADAE has never electronically received the provisions of the EYP and has never been able to check the scope and quality of removal decisions for reasons of national security.
The hurried Ministers Mr. Tsiaras and Mr. Pierrakakis, who failed to throw the ball on the platform according to the government’s favorite tactics, were exposed and are called to answer:
What is the purpose of the Government to completely leave the Independent Authority out of the process of monitoring the EYP’s monitoring? Why was all control over the decisions of the EYP gradually removed?
What purpose was served by the government’s decision not to inform the ADAE electronically about the EYP’s monitoring?
Why are they denying every citizen the right to detect any illegal surveillance since there is no record?
The rest in the Parliament, where the second time before the Committee on Institutions and Transparency no one will be glorified by lying”.
Source: Capital
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