SYRIZA-PS: ‘Mr Economou confirmed the politico’s report to the hilt’

“Monument of political provincialism and regimeism”, SYRIZA-PS characterizes the announcement of government representative Yiannis Oikonomou “which targets international media journalists and identifies these media with SYRIZA”, as it states in its own announcement.

He then asserts: “It would only be laughable if things were not so serious and if we were not experiencing an unprecedented democratic deviation from a government that for three years has been trying to establish a regime of information manipulation and silencing. The oxymoron, of course, for the government representative is that at the same time that he is targeting a Media and a journalist, he is releasing the letter that fully confirms Politico’s report”.

Specifically, according to SYRIZA, “it confirms that the Commission on July 29th requested in a letter an explanation about the illegal Predator surveillance software, which has been used to monitor Koukakis and the attempt to monitor Androulakis. It confirms that the government responded on August 2nd, denying that has the Predator, referring for the umpteenth time to some unknown “national reasons” for the surveillance of political figures. He confirms that – while there had been Koukakis and Androulakis complaints – the Government was asking the Commission … not to embrace “hastily and in writing … specific publications coming from political media which are not always characterized for their accuracy and objectivity”.

Finally, he confirms that – a few 24 hours before admitting that he was monitoring Nikos Androulakis – the Government was questioning the competence of the EU on the issue of Predator and wiretapping and called on the competent Director General to address the Permanent Representative in person for any relevant issue that arises “.

In closing, he states: “The best thing for Mr. Economou to do after this disgrace is to resign. He will also avoid further personal trouble for the lies he will continue to tell about the surveillance.”

Source: Capital

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