The 47-member Disciplinary Plenary Session of the Supreme Court (AP) fired two judges for service incompetence due to long delays in issuing court decisions. At the same time, for the same reasons to a President of the Court of First Instance, a 6-month temporary suspension was imposed.
It is noted that from last December until now have been dismissed by the Disciplinary Plenary Session of the Supreme Courta total of 15 judges and prosecutors.
In particular, in the Disciplinary Plenary with President Maria Georgiou and with the participation of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Vassilis Pliotas, 6 judges and prosecutors were referred with the question of final dismissal. Of these, two were permanently dismissed, one was suspended for 6 months, one was acquitted and two cases were postponed.
The areopagites were preoccupied with the reference with her question final dismissal of the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance which while serving in Corfu had 3,010 pending lawsuits.
Of the 3,010 pending cases that the prosecutor had, about 1,800 were found in her house, 324 were confiscated in a friend’s house, another 626 – after an investigation – were found in another’s friend’s house and confiscated, while 31 files were embedded in in others. In fact, another 153 cases are wanted. She has already been prosecuted for abuse of power and embezzlement of public documents.
At the beginning of the process the disputed prosecutor through a “messenger” lawyer submitted a request for postponement alleging that she had hypertension, presenting a medical certificate that recommended that she not be moved for five days, including the day of the convening of the Disciplinary Plenary Session, and that her lawyer had other trials outside Athens and could not attend.
The request for postponement was rejected and the rapporteur-areopagite pointed out that the controlled prosecutor has shown serious negligence, complete lack of judicial conscience and proposed its final termination by the prosecutor’s office.
Mr. Pliotas stated that The behavior of the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance is unique and is a sad situation that has affected the prestige of Justice.. At the same time, he expressed the questions how is it possible that he remained in Corfu for 18 whole years (2002 to 2020), but also because the books of the secretariat were not updated on the filing of lawsuits and other legal remedies, as well as on the course of cases.
Following these, the Disciplinary Plenary Session unanimously dismissed her, due to service incompetence and did not enable her to occupy another position in the public sector.
Alongside, 3.5 months ago, the President of the Athens Court of First Instance appeared again before the Disciplinary Plenary with the question of the final cessationdue to service incompetence, etc. She then cited health reasons of her child and she was given a chance to settle the pending cases, all the more so because her child’s condition was improving as she claimed and she committed herself to completing the pending cases. Nevertheless, last March it still had 282 pending cases (especially labor disputes), of which 49 were from the past, while complaints from lawyers and citizens continued for excessive delays in the decisions it handled.
The rapporteur has suggested that she be dismissed permanently due to incompetence, as she is unable to fulfill her duties and responsibilities, much more because its situation is irreversible which is to the detriment of the prestige of Justice. She herself, who was controlled for the delays, again invoked health reasons of her child which forced her to have the delays.
From his side, Mr. Pliotas stressed that 3.5 months ago, last December, she was given an opportunity, which she did not take advantage of, while there are still repeated protests over delays. In closing, he stated that there does not seem to be any improvement and suggested that he stop permanently and go to the State.
Finally, unanimously the Disciplinary Plenary Session stopped her permanently and gave her the opportunity to work in the State.
In addition, a prosecutor of the Court of First Instance was referred to the Disciplinary Plenary Session with the question of the final suspension for long duration and arbitrary absences from her service when she was serving on an Aegean island.
Sudden and long absences are attributed to the prosecutor from her duties. As it was typically mentioned, she left the island she was serving and through the ship informed about her sudden departure, while in another case from Thessaloniki she sent a certificate from her husband, in which she confirmed that she was ill and could not return to the island. Also, citing illness of her or her own child, she left the Prosecutor’s Office she served without warning, while there were delays in her return.
The rapporteur-areopagite pointed out that she was not consistent and did not take her function seriously, while her boss called her “weird». The defendant denied almost everything and claimed that she was in a bad psychological state, due to the health of her child.
Mr. Pliotas described her behavior as unacceptablenoting that she has fallen into serious offenses, while burdening her colleagues, while the Disciplinary Plenary by a majority imposed a temporary suspension of 6 months from her duties.
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