“This is a trial which was conducted behind closed doors. The court ruled that there is a risk that the victim will suffer a great deal of trouble. Therefore, I personally do not know what is taking place in that area. This trial is conducted before the Mixed Jury, the majority of which is the jury. Consequently the court is composed of seven equal judges and this court will decide on the basis of the evidence before it. We don’t know what he will decide, but I think so especially in the court constituted in this way, that is, of ordinary judges and of citizens, who are drawn as jurors, it needs more respect” clarified the Minister of Justice, George Floridis in the Plenary.

Mr. Floridis also emphasized that the Parliament is the place where the legislative power, independent, carries out its own work and in another place the judicial power carries out its own role, her own duty, when the president of the Hellenic Solution, Kyriakos Velopoulos, in his intervention, referred to the prosecutor’s proposal during the trial of the Colonos case.

Mr. Velopoulos specifically said that “The last hope of every Greek is Justice. And unfortunately she is not only blind, she is also deaf. He does not listen to the cry of every Greek. And now comes a decision in complete mismatch. If Justice is absent, what is political power but organized robbery. You cannot rob Justice. Some attempt a cover-up. There is no such thing as too much or too little child rapist. Lifetime indeed. Never to see the sun again and chemical castration” and asked Mr. Floridis if he is satisfied with the recommendation of the prosecutor yesterday.

“Under no circumstances does the Minister of Justice, of any serious country, have the right to comment on what judges say and decide, much more so when the Minister of Justice is completely ignorant of how the trial developed there. If the minister of justice of any serious country is constantly commenting on the decisions made by the judiciary, then democracy is destroyed and such a contribution of ours does not exist”replied o Mr. Floridis.