The audition of the guests was done in two groups. ND circles reported that the decision to have two separate procedures for the hearing of the witnesses came after a proposal from the majority
Its closed-door meeting has ended Institutions and Transparency Committee in which, at the request of the parliamentary groups, persons who serve or have served in the National Intelligence Service or were involved in its operation were invited for a hearing.
The meeting of the Commission, in the presence of the Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis started at 10am and finished around 9pm.
The audition of the guests was done in two groups. The former commanders of the EYP participated in the first: Panagiotis Kontoleon (2019- 2022), Ioannis Rubatis (2015 – 2019), Theodoros Dravillas (2012-2015) and the former general secretary of the Prime Minister Grigoris Dimitriadis.
In the second group, the current commander of the EYP Themistocles Demiris, the EYP supervising prosecutor of the Athens Appeals Vasiliki Vlachou, the prosecutor of the Athens Appeals Konstantinos Tzavellas and the president of the Independent Privacy Assurance Authority Christos Rammos were heard together.
Circles of the ND reported that the decision to have two separate procedures for the hearing of the witnesses in the Institutions and Transparency Committee of the Parliament, came after a proposal by the majority.
SYRIZA’s rapporteur Giorgos Katrougalos after the conclusion of the secret meeting of the Institutions and Transparency Committee with the hearings of those involved with the EYP he stated:
“As we predicted, the desperate attempt to cover up and wash away the personal political responsibilities of Mr. Mitsotakis also continued in the institutions committee.
While the government had previously announced that answers would be given to this body that exercises control over the EYP, under the guise of secrecy all government officials, former and current, who were present refused to give any clarification for reasons of national security, i.e., that led to the surveillance of Mr. Androulakis or for any other matter that was put to them.
This is despite the fact that the president of ADAE and the previous governors of the EYP during the Samara-Venizelou and SYRIZA governments clearly stated that they consider that confidentiality cannot be invoked for any question raised within the institutions committee and gave a categorical answer that during their days they did not Politicians were monitored, contrary to the evasions of the current EYP executives or those who exercise control over it.
For this reason, we asked for a vote in the institutions committee to clarify the exact interpretation of article 43 A which allows the control of the EYP and we stated, in fact with a statement by Mr. Voutsis, when the chairman of the Committee refused to put in voting on the issue, that we will proceed with a statement of denunciation of what we consider to be attempts to cancel and undermine the parliamentary process and especially the institutions committee in the context of the more general cover-up attempt”
The rapporteur of the KKE Manolis Syntyhakis after the conclusion of the secret meeting of the Institutions and Transparency Committee with the hearings of those involved with the EYP he stated:
“The government and the governing majority in the context of the meeting of the Institutions and Transparency Committee essentially chose to cover up the whole issue. All former and current government officials invoked confidentiality. We raised the issue: everything in the light. Full transparency. The Minutes in public. One-on-one examination. And by topic. Androulakis, intercepted meetings in the KKE, journalists. They denied it. Everyone’s attitude was a complete cover-up. Privacy. We made it clear that everything must be disclosed now and not only that. To reveal all the dark and dangerous institutional framework for which all the previous governments who passed these laws and institutional framework are responsible. For the meetings of the KKE, neither the former nor the current one took a position. On the contrary, they underestimate and devalue the issue of consensus.
In any case, the KKE will fight within the Institutions and Transparency Committee and the Investigative Committee so that the knife reaches the bone. We have no illusions about how far the case will go, but in any case we will fight this battle, and above all out to the people.”
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