For the meeting of the Institutions and Transparency Committee of the Parliament, the President of PASOK-Movement for Change stated that he expects the Greek Justice and the competent agencies to identify who is undermining the transparency and smooth functioning of the state.
“I am shocked because I am the first pan-European MEP who has been detected trying to be trapped by such heavy software. That is why, while some in Greece want to downplay it, the New York Times had an extensive article as did other major news networks. If this complaint had been made by Mr. Mitsotakis or a former Prime Minister, what would have happened today?”, said the president of PASOK-Movement of Change in his extensive interview with the television station of Heraklion, CRETA TV.
Nikos Androulakis noted that things are very serious and that this does not concern him, but concerns Democracy in the country.
“Politicians come and go. Parties are sometimes strong and sometimes weak. What remains is the quality of Democracy, Transparency, the possibility of every citizen to live in an environment of justice”, stressed Mr. Androulakis.
For the meeting of the Institutions and Transparency Committee of the Parliament, the President of PASOK-Movement for Change stated that he expects the Greek Justice and the competent agencies to identify who is undermining the transparency and smooth functioning of the state.
“Yesterday we sent a letter as KO asking for a meeting of the relevant Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Parliament and in fact Mr. Mitsotakis responded positively and to speed it up. We do not pay our country’s secret services, neither to be watched, nor to be told that we are not being watched. We pay them to tell us who is trying to track us. This is the essence of tomorrow’s discussion and the effort we will make as a faction in the next period. Who are the ones who had the audacity and feel strong to have such practices in our country”, he pointed out specifically.
He explained that the appeal to the Court and the institutional prominence of the issue serve a dual purpose:
“The first goal is for our Republic to function without shadows. Such matters must be shed light on because the one who had the audacity to take such an initiative and try to trap the phone of a candidate for the leader of the third parliamentary party, means that he is not afraid of being punished. I will do everything I can to get him punished. It is not possible that between 27 countries in the EU and 701 MEPs, more than 1/3 have been checked and something like this can be found in a MEP from Greece. It’s not personal. It is a matter of Democracy and respect for my country and our people, for the world to know the truth and not to be afraid that something similar could happen to anyone.
Second objective: Europe must take legislative initiatives. These machines cannot be sold to oligarchs and secret services unchecked. From what I have learned from my lawyers and associates in the US there are rules. Not everyone can buy such heavy surveillance equipment,” stressed Mr. Androulakis.
He dismissed claims that it was a simple hearing by explaining how the Predator malware in question works.
Nikos Androulakis commented on the natural gas crisis, criticizing both the SYRIZA and ND governments for a lack of foresight and argued that they tied the country to natural gas as an energy source.
“Rent, health, education are the inflexible expenses of every household” underlined Mr. Androulakis referring to the increased cost of living.
The president of PASOK-Movement for Change sharply commented on the Prime Minister’s statements about the exhaustion of the four-year term, saying that “If you were the Prime Minister and the Ministers appeared on the channels and gave election dates, would you appear to be a solid Prime Minister or a blackmailing Prime Minister?”, he said.
He claimed that the government put down their pencils, accusing the ND of how in this critical situation, with the impoverishment of the Greek people, with the energy crisis, with the war in Ukraine, instead of governing the country, it is holding pre-election events. “Mr. Mitsotakis will measure one thing. The energy solution that Europe will propose. If he considers that he is not given a boost until next year in the spring or summer, he will hold elections”, assessed Mr. Androulakis and determined the attitude of PASOK on the way to the elections.
“Mr. Tsipras wants us to get along with the ND so that he can say: “Here is PASOK, it is not a center-left party”. What does Mr. Mitsotakis say? What Mr. Babis Papadimitriou says: “PASOK will go with SYRIZA because it is not a center party”. It benefits both of them to see that PASOK is a party that will play a supporting role. I did not become the leader of PASOK-Change Movement for this reason. PASOK – Movement for Change will play a leading role and they must digest it very well.
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