The Plenary Session of the Council of State (CoS) ruled an unconstitutional provision of law 4491/1966 which deprives the pension rights (main and auxiliary pension, one-time health benefits, etc.) to PPC employees in case of criminal conviction .
More specifically, the Plenary Session of the CoC with its decision No. 996/2022 (president Mary Sharp and rapporteur the State Councilor Konstantina Koniditsiotou) ruled that the PPC employee in case of criminal conviction for certain offenses is contrary to the provisions of the Constitution on the protection of the right to social security and the principle of proportionality.
It is clarified that according to the legislation, in case of a PPC employee being sentenced to imprisonment for committing the criminal acts of embezzlement, fraud, forgery and infidelity against PPC or the Greek State, there is a consequence of the complete and final loss of the main pension. , with further consequences the loss of the right to supplementary pension, health benefits as well as the right to one-time assistance.
Elsewhere in the court decision it is stated that within the meaning of the provision of article 22 par. 5 of the Constitution, interpreted in view of the principle of equality, the criminal conviction of a PPC employee can not be an appropriate criterion for deprivation or restriction of a right. social security, which may justify its different treatment with regard to the provision of pension benefits.
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