The statements of the representatives at the conference of presidents – Tomorrow is the meeting of the Commission
Objections to the organization of tomorrow’s meeting Committee on Institutions and Transparencyto which nine persons related to the issue of surveillance have been invited, representatives of opposition parties expressed, during today’s conference of presidents.
The representative of SYRIZA-PS, George Katrougalos spoke of an attempt to degrade parliamentarism and of the intention of the majority to undermine tomorrow’s meeting. As he said, while all the parties asked to be invited individually and to place those who have been invited, or even to have two sections, one for those involved in the present wiretapping scandal of Androulakis, Koukakis, i.e. the big predator scandal, and one for everyone the others, of the previous parliamentary periods, the majority seems to seek a bachalo procedure, where nine people will be at the same meeting from the beginning, against whom questions will be submitted as a group by those present in the Institutions committee.
According to his MP SYRIZAit is self-evident that what the parliamentary majority seeks, is to avoid the control of the truth, not to allow there to be a substantial investigation and discussion.
Mr. Katrougalos also expressed the opinion that the issue of the confidentiality of the meetings was raised for reasons of distraction. We said, obviously, that secrecy be observed to the extent that it protects national security and national secrets, but this provision of the regulation by the majority cannot be an alibi and an object of manipulation, so that, with selective leaks, distorting what it was said. He also noted his party’s proposal for the formulation of a conclusion, which will be made public, based on the minutes of the meeting. “If there are elements in the minutes, which relate to matters of national security or national secrecy, these should obviously be omitted, but everything else should be in the light” he said and noted: “Even this proposal was rejected because the majority is not interested in truth. We will also raise these issues at tomorrow’s Institutions Committee and one thing is certain: We will not allow Mr. Mitsotakis to escape”.
On behalf of the KKE, Nikos Karathanasopoulos he stated that the issues of wiretapping are very serious affairs, that they are directly related to the people and their rights, and for this reason “any investigation cannot be done in secret, much more, there can be selective leaks about creating impressions’.
Mr. Karathanasopoulos said that the KKE requested that the minutes of the discussions be made public, adding that in matters that may be confidential and related to defense, then the matter of not making them public should be considered on a case-by-case basis. As for the recommendation to the members of the committee not to bring their mobile phones to the meeting, he said that “it is a false dilemma”: What protects everyone, is full publicity and the investigation into the substance of this case, said Mr. Karathanasopoulos .
The secretary of PASOK-Movement for Change, Evangelia Liakoulis he said that we asked (to bring) everything to light, but this can only be done through the institutions, and in a completely institutional way. Today, he added, the majority proposed that the Committee on Institutions and Transparency should group all those who come, and listen to them all together. “This leads to the absolute trivialization of the process,” emphasized Ms. Liakoulis.
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