May 21, 2024

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Mati-Tempi: questions about the level of administration of justice, acquittals for the guilty


Questions about the level of “functionality” and quality of the administration of justice are raised by today's decision of the Athens court, according to which all but six accused acquitted of the crime in Mati, their sentences were expiated and they were released!

A crime that cost the lives of 104 people and foreshadows the decision that will be made… years later on the crime in Tempe, which also cost the lives of 57 people.

Under the new law, which comes into force on May 1, anyone who “slanders” the government or relatives of the rulers will go straight to prison under the pretext of fighting crime.

Since Greece entered into memorandums with the troika of creditors, and The judicial sector was excluded from cuts in salaries, pensions, etc.when the judges, in addition to legitimizing the memorandum, recognized that the transfer of fiscal sovereignty to foreign creditors is legal (the decision stated that fiscal sovereignty is not considered part of national sovereignty), it appeared There are many court decisions that raise questions.

In particular, D. Lignadis, from the prime minister's entourage, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and released.

Prominent lawyer who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for child rape and his name is not published!

Even Elias Mihos would have gotten away with it if there had not been such a strong public outcry.

Then there's the case in Tempi, where justice moves incredibly slowly, with data that could lead investigators to the culprits mysteriously destroyed. And now it’s in Mati, where practically no one was convicted (except for six people who received “ridiculous” sentences).

And then there is the toughening of punishments: a sentence under the new law for “slander” on the minister (prime minister) or related official who will be adjudicated by these judges, may lead publishers and journalists to prison for 2 years. Both here and there the same judges will determine questions of guilt.

The fact that there is not enough space in prisons even for existing prisoners is now the pretext for the bill private prisons, and construction companies from the close circle of the current Prime Minister will build and operate penitentiary institutions, as is now happening with Attiki Odos.

That's what it is “a new type of democracy”in which the system seeks to establish a dictatorship under the pretext of fighting crime, and when they are accused of links to crime, they punish those who tell the people about it.

It is worth noting that the situation in Greece mirrors the situation in the United States, where local “democracy” has gradually become into the dictatorship of the “democrats”.

However, unlike America, in Greece there are no real levers and balances that would prevent the country from sliding into a banal dictatorship. As a result, the weak and disunited opposition does not have any methods of putting pressure on the current government, and extremely loyal behavior towards the overseas “regional committee” gives the current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis a feeling of complete permissiveness.



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