The dark, as well as dangerous, institutional framework of violations of the privacy of communications, as he mentioned, was denounced in the Parliament by the general secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoubas. At the expense of the popular strata, he added, underlining, in this way, the responsibilities of ND, SYRIZA and […]
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G. Varoufakis: The Prime Minister is personally responsible for the illegal surveillance
The head of MeRA25 Yanis Varoufakis appeared strongly critical of the government’s handling of the case of monitoring the mobile phone of PASOK-KINAL president Nikos Androulakis, attributing personal responsibility to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself, during the pre-day debate in Parliament, in level of political leaders. At the same time, Mr. Varoufakis stated that he […]
The discussion of the political leaders in the Parliament has started – K. Mitsotakis opens his ‘papers’
LAST UPDATE 11:17 By Dimitris Gatsiou The hot political August. Or, in a different version, the…mother of the battles for government and opposition, with the main issue of surveillance being the main focus. In a Plenary setting and at eleven in the morning, the political leaders are expected to cross their…swords in a particularly high-profile […]
Clash of political leaders in Parliament – K. Mitsotakis opens his ‘papers’
By Dimitris Gatsiou The hot political August. Or, in a different version, the…mother of the battles for government and opposition, with the main issue of surveillance being the main focus. In a Plenary setting and at eleven in the morning, the political leaders are expected to cross their…swords in a particularly high-profile parliamentary meeting, as […]
The European Commission is evaluating the response of the Greek authorities regarding the surveillance
The response of the Greek authorities on the issue of surveillance is under evaluation, the European Commission said today, while pointing out that it will continue to monitor the issue very closely. Asked about this, during today’s press briefing, the representative of the Commission, responsible for matters of justice and the rule of law, Christian […]
ND: SYRIZA breached privacy to construct a morbid narrative
The Parliamentary Group of New Democracy accuses SYRIZA of “a double mistake” during the hearing of the new Governor of the EYP. According to the ruling party, on the one hand, SYRIZA breached the confidentiality of the process while it was underway “with a view to fabricating a sick narrative”. On the other hand, according […]
N. Iliopoulos on surveillance: ‘Politico confirms cover-up’
“Today’s revelation by Politico confirms that Mr. Mitsotakis’ only goal, from the very beginning, was to cover up the surveillance scandal”, emphasizes Nasos Iliopoulos, adding that “no matter how much the prime minister tries to cover up the scandal, everything will be revealed”. It mentions in particular that “when the Commission on July 29th requested […]
Wiretapping: The opposition rejects the new EYP Governor in the Institutions Committee
By Niki Zorba The major opposition and the minor opposition has been referring to the political isolation of the government as early as Monday, when the dance was “opened” at a parliamentary level of the espionage case, with the Conference of Presidents. Today, the Institutions and Transparency Committee is meeting for the appointment of Mr. […]
G. Oikonomou: They also lack the basic ability to understand SYRIZA
Government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou accuses SYRIZA of distortion, while alternatively attributing a “lack of basic understanding” regarding the opposition official’s reaction to what he said on the subject of wiretapping at noon in the political editors’ briefing. Specifically, in a post on Twitter, Mr. Economou noted: “In SYRIZA, they either lack even the basic ability […]
SYRIZA ‘nails’ Maximos for surveillance of other political figures as well
As “confirmation” that other political figures besides Nikos Androulakis were being monitored, SYRIZA read the response of the government representative to the regular briefing of the political editors that “the government and the Prime Minister are not aware of a similar issue to that of Mr. Androulakis”. In fact, in a statement issued by the […]