On Friday, August 2, the Parliamentary Committee on Institutions and Transparency will hold a meeting on requests to summon Supreme Court Prosecutor Giorgi Adilini and the competent deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court Achilles Zisis to present and explain the findings on spying on the opposition and senior officials.
According to the statement, the meeting will not take place in the presence of two prosecutors or a ministersince it will be devoted to requests from five opposition parties, which is not provided for by the parliamentary regulations, which provide for the mandatory invitation of institutional persons if the request is submitted by 2/5 of the committee members.
Earlier, on July 31, five opposition parties filed a request to convene the Institutions and Transparency Committee to demand that the Supreme Court's opinion on the wiretapping case be submitted to parliament and discussed. Applications were submitted by KKE, Parus Svobody, SYRIZA and PASOK.
Let us recall that on July 29, 2024, the decision of the Supreme Council of State of Greece (Supreme Court) was announced on the completion of the investigation into the accusations of the Mitsotakis government about wiretapping using the spyware “Predator”. The decision was announced by Supreme Court prosecutor Giorgia Adilini. Three main points:
- Predator has no connection with government services (ΕΥΠDEEKB, ELA)
- Surveillance ΕΥΠ for the opposition, journalists and officials was completely legal
- Four people responsible for private companies have appeared in court.
The decision has provoked discontent among the opposition, which believes that the incident was a conspiracy between the country's leadership and Supreme Court judges to whitewash current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his administration, who are guilty of violating Greek laws.
Text of the statement from SYRIZA:
To the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Standing Committee on Transparency
To the Chairman of the Special Committee on the Establishment of the Parliamentary Committee on Transparency and Public Integrity
SUBJECT: “REQUEST FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 43A OF THE PARLIAMENTARY RULES ON THE ORDER OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE REGARDING THE ARCHIVING OF THE WIRE-TAPPING SCANDAL
Mr. President!
By this letter we call on you to immediately convene an extraordinary meeting of the Committee in accordance with Article 43A of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, to which the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Ms. Georgia Adilini, and the Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Mr. Achilleas Zisis, to inform us and also to provide the members of the committee with the entire dossier on the wiretapping scandal, for which the corresponding order of the Supreme Court prosecutor “on the initiation of a wiretapping case” was issued, and in any case among the documents in the case:
– A multi-page (300 pages) report by the Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Mr. Achilleas Zisis, who conducted the preliminary investigation.
– The corresponding order of the Supreme Court prosecutor on “initiation of a case”.
– The findings of independent bodies and other authorities referred to in the statement of the Supreme Court Prosecutor, Ms. Georgia Adilini.
Since the committee's mandate, according to Article 43A of the CPC, includes “parliamentary oversight of matters relating to the activities of the National Intelligence Service (NIS)”, and “the committee may summon government officials and any public figures to hearings on matters relating to the functioning of institutions and transparency, whose presence is mandatory. The Committee may invite the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen. […] Supreme Court to hear matters relating to the functioning of the judiciary with a view to enhancing transparency,”
Because of the ΕΥΠ wiretapping scandal Megaro Maxim shook the foundations of democracy in our country, consisting of illegal surveillance of politicians, ministers, senior officers of the armed forces, former ministers and members of the official opposition, the then candidate for the leadership of the third party in parliamentary order, members of parliament and members of the European Parliament, journalists and private individuals.
Because the above mentioned conclusion should have been presented immediately, that is, yesterday, in the Greek Parliament and at least should have been brought to the attention of the political leaders and especially to Mr. Androulakis, as he is directly affected. Because in any case, the Committee on Institutions and Transparency must take into account the assumptions and reasons on which the legal decision of the aforementioned prosecutors to initiate proceedings is based.In light of the above, mwe ask convene a committee to discuss and make a decision on the above issues.
Members of the Ad Hoc Standing Committee on Institutions and Transparency:
Theodora Cakry
Xanthopoulos Theophilos
- Predator has no connection with government services (ΕΥΠDEEKB, ELA)
- Surveillance ΕΥΠ for the opposition, journalists and officials was completely legal
- Four people responsible for private companies have appeared in court.
The decision has provoked discontent among the opposition, which believes that the incident was a conspiracy between the country's leadership and Supreme Court judges to whitewash current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his administration, who are guilty of violating Greek laws.
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