September 19, 2024

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Kasselakis on wiretapping: "Are you a government or a spy organization?"


The president of the main opposition party SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, in a post on social media the day after Supreme Court decisions on wiretappingasks the question: “Do you have a government or a spy organization??

At the same time, he emphasizes that “After yesterday's dark day for justice in our country, it is time for relentless questioning.” «Let us therefore assume that the statement of the Supreme Court prosecutor is not contemptuous, as the country's legal world is shouting, but reflects the truth,” he notes.

SYRIZA President calls on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to respond “If the government did not use Predator (as happened in other countries where similar spyware was used), then who uses it against the political, journalistic and economic world of the country” And “if Greece is a wild forest where some people spy on everyone else and the Greek government doesn't care.”

“Let's assume that all goals ΕΥΠ were tracked legally. This means that half of government officials were being monitored legally. So your cabinet, Mr. Mitsotakis, is made up of people suspected of violating national security and who need to be monitored? Target 5046c Kostis Hatzidakis… is dangerous for the entire country? Do you have a government or a spy organization? – asks the SYRIZA president. According to the Supreme Court, surveillance of all “targets” ΕΥΠ was legal, and therefore the surveillance of former Chief of the General Staff Konstantinos Floros was also legal. Mr. Mitsotakis, please clarify whether the Chief of the Armed Forces was a person suspected of threatening the country's national security? If yes, why did you choose it? If not, then why was he followed? ΕΥΠ? Who is legally conducting surveillance in this country other than EYP? Is there anyone else we don't know about? Who took control of ΕΥΠ? Prime Minister. To whom did he hand over the “keys” to it? To his nephew, Mr. Demetriadis, in the next office in Maximou. So even if what Ms. Adilini claims is true, the responsibility goes back to the same room, to the same people.”

“So the Supreme Court ruled that Megaro Maximu legally monitors his ministers and opponents! But if Megaro Maximou was not the one who was monitoring half of the country's political and economic system, then, Mr. Mitsotakis, you are faced with another inexorable question: To“What is he watching for?,” – Mr. Kasselakis emphasizes, noting that “From all that has been said it follows that the scandal is so deep, and the government is so involved in it, that every attempt to wash it clean further smears the stain of responsibility.”

“This dystopia is not normal. This is the dark side. Thanks to “With the efforts of all democratic citizens, justice will prevail,” concluded the President of SYRIZA.



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