The head of the K.O. of the party
The head of the PASOK-KINAL Parliamentary Group, Michalis Katrinis, is currently on the floor of the parliament, in the pre-scheduled debate on surveillance.
Watch the speech of Mr. Michalis Katrinis:
Nikos Androulakis, said Mr. Katrinis at the beginning of his speech, it didn’t help you, Mr. Mitsotakis, to realize that he doesn’t enter into transactions, you don’t blackmail and he is not a convenient partner. Whoever votes, votes to leave both, ND and SYRIZA. Elections will be held after this case is cleared. The great wiretapping scandal came to add to the bankrupt state. The Androulakis case is not unique, there is the documented case of the journalist, Mr. Koukakis. All this constitutes a diversion and is a blow to our democracy and the rule of law.
Subsequently, Mr. Katrinis referred to the sayings of the late Anastasios Peponis, in a corresponding debate in 1993, which he said show that history is repeating itself. “Two ministers came to tell us at the Institutions Committee that everything was being done legally. But then it turned out that the phone of an elected MEP was being monitored. ND targeted journalists who dared to report on the wiretapping. You have not given any answers to the questions that have been asked. Didn’t you know Mr. Mitsotakis? Didn’t you want to know who else, public figures, are tracked during your days? For a month, Maximos has been trying to seal off the information, so that there are no further revelations. If Mr. Kontoleon is to blame for everything, who is the one who chose him as commander of the EYP? Who is the one who changed the law to become head of the EYP? The question is who in your society believe. PASOK will insist on legality. Democracy does not tolerate the insult that undermines it. In matters of democracy there is an absolute demand and commitment to respect. We will seek at all costs the truth. It will be done immediately, before the elections so that the people know what, when and by whom it was done. The faction is here to say no to your illegal practices. To reveal the truth since we have documented the entrapment attempt revealed by the European Parliament and the monitoring by the EYP. There should be not one, but ten examinations. All complaints should be investigated and responsibilities assigned. We have information about your own surveillance Mr. Prime Minister.
Let the truth come out, let there be a cleansing by taking responsibility. “No one is exempt”, is the government’s message. Everyone is being watched, you say. Because you challenged the president of PASOK to go to court, which he already did, you will tell us, you consider him a threat to national security. State clearly why you were following him. There is no such reason, it challenges you to say publicly what you have to say. Do you dare? Or you will continue the fake news. We submit a request to the Institutions Committee to provide the monitoring file of Nikos Androulakis, showing why he was monitored.
Subsequently, Mr. Katrinis raised questions about illegal software and asked if there was an investigation into who has and who uses the illegal predator software in our country. As he said, an illegal information network has been created that is intertwined with the “hard core of Maximus” and added that the “huge scandal that exposes our country internationally” will be revealed.
It is a question of democracy and the functioning of institutions. The monitoring of Nikos Androulakis is not the only one, there are others who are being monitored. Let’s not turn a blind eye to obvious cases of surveillance. Is it possible to accept that surveillance is normal and should we accept it? Is it possible to monitor 15,000 citizens, are there so many dangerous ones? And among them, a party president, an elected MEP? Shifting responsibility is an outdated practice. The main political problem of the country emerges, Mr. Mitsotakis has lost the good testimony from the outside, he is a problem for the country. The period has passed when Mr. Mitsotakis thought he could identify the good course of the country with him. National danger is invoked. We tell you that when we had to show courage, PASOK gave this message clearly and clearly.
At another point in his speech, Mr. Katrinis attacked the prime minister, saying that the citizens want the truth to shine: “You are at the center of responsibility, Mr. Prime Minister. The government is playing the game of polarization together with SYRIZA. This is not a democratic function, far from us the logic of controlling the “joints of power”. PASOK will not play anyone’s game. PASOK is not intimidated, not pressured, not blamed. Far from arrogant logics for self-reliance, without substantial political content. In this case about the real events for which no answers have been given so far, we need to find out who are responsible and for the EYP to become National again. The government’s goal is to cover up the truth, we aim to reveal the truth.
Read the News today and get the latest news. Follow us on Google News and be the first to learn all the news from Skai.gr.
