The government representative clarified that the legal link for Mr. Androulakis’s phone has nothing to do with predator. These are two different cases.
For the case monitoring the mobile phone of PASOK president Nikos Androulakis talk to the government representative Giannis Oikonomouwho stressed that the government will not allow any shadow to remain.
Starting with what the prime minister is going to mention in his statement about it, Mr. Economou said that “it will go into great detail on this serious case and outline how the government is approaching the issue and how it intends to deal with it.”
Regarding the way the case will be handled, he said: “We are in favor of the Commission of Inquiry. This is an extremely serious case and must be clarified. We don’t want any shadow left. We had an event that politically it is not tolerable. It is not normal in a democracy for an MEP’s mobile phone to be monitored by national security authorities.”
He emphasized, in fact, that “if it had been brought to the attention of the prime minister, this would not have happened. That is why the commander of the EYP was removed and political responsibility was assumed.”
In order to clarify some things, as well “in this case a lot is heard and said that leads to more confusion”Mr. Economou explained that these are two different cases.
“We have a legal connection at the request of a prosecutor through the institutional framework that the National Intelligence Service operates for the phone of a politician, namely Mr. Androulakis, during the period when he was a MEP and a candidate for the leadership of PASOK. This is done in the way that governs the operation of the EYP over time, with the approval of the prosecutor. This case has absolutely nothing to do with the whole discussion of the previous interval and with the first indictment of Mr. Androulakis about predator and malicious software.”
He pointed out that confusion is deliberately caused by some. “The Greek government has neither procured nor any government authority uses this malware. We have to look to find out who is monitoring Greek citizens with malicious software”he said.
As for the attribution of responsibilities, he said that “the system has weaknesses and it sucks and needs more filters, but let’s not reset everything. We are completely receptive to suggestions”.
Mr. Economou also clarified that “nor did Mr. Dimitriadis knowbut out of political integrity he resigned”.
Regarding the possible monitoring of other persons, the government representative said that “based on the information we have, the prime minister is not aware of any information about monitoring political figures. The answers will be given institutionally. We will also make changes in the institutional framework.”
Finally, he emphasized that “we will not allow an incident that is politically intolerable to cast any shadow”while the procedures will start as soon as the Parliament opens.
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