In the Parliament, the conclusions of the parties on surveillance

By Antonis Anzoletou

The parties submitted their findings to Parliament on the case of EYP monitoring and are now preparing for the “battle” on Thursday, when the last session of the Inquiry will be held. No surprises are expected, as the conclusion of the majority it will be approved by the 15 members out of 29 of the Commission. The opposition proceeded to separate conclusions, but they have followed a common line. He accuses the government of trying to cover up through the invocation of secrecy, but also for a process that was undermined from the beginning so that no light would be shed on the case.

Circles of the New Democracy they emphasize that the party will move institutionally without leaking parts of its findings. Sources of the majority regarding the conclusion point out that no Predator login information is generated with the Greek government and the EYP. And as it turned out all the procedures for the attachments were legal.

SYRIZA states in its conclusion that sufficient evidence has emerged for use of the illegal predator software by EYP. They speak of a twin scandal, as after the “scandal” of the wiretapping, Mr. Mitsotakis indulged in a second one, that of cover-up through the unconstitutional invocation of the supposed confidentiality of key witnesses, as well as the exclusion/protection of protagonists of the scandal who, despite the persistence of the opposition, were protected by the ND by order of Mitsotakis, and did not come to testify”.

In the conclusive report it is emphasized that “it arises from the contradictions of the prime minister, his hypocritical attitude in general but also the practices followed by both the Greek government and the parliamentary majority to cover up the scandal that his main motive is not the truth and clarification of the case but its cover-up and the disappearance of evidence that could lead to the attribution of not only political but also possible criminal responsibilities”. In fact, it is added that “especially for the latter, there are sufficient indications as it is now clear that there are no national security reasons for the surveillance under consideration”.

In conclusion, the official opposition concludes that the case must be investigated further both by the Parliament (Preliminary Examination Committee) and by the criminal justice which, as stated, must take the necessary initiatives. Regarding the president of PASOK, it is pointed out that “as long as the government does not present existing and legitimate national security reasons that justify the surveillance of Androulakis, the approval of the competent prosecutor does not automatically make it legal, but at most legal”.

According to PASOK sources, the conclusion emphasizes that there was no reason for national security for the declassification of the communications of the President of PASOK-KINEMATOS ALLAGIS Mr. Nikos Androulakis. Therefore, the declassification of the communications of the President of PASOK-KINEMATOS ALLAGIS Mr. Nikos Androulakis was illegal. There are therefore serious indications that the group of persons who requested, submitted, recommended, supervised, approved, executed and in any way knew at any time, did not prevent or even cooperated with their actions and omissions in the illegal surveillance have probably committed criminal acts.

Harilaou Trikoupi reports that the attitude of the MPs of the New Democracy majority in the Commission of Inquiry played an essential role in the organized government plan to cover up the investigated scandal of illegal surveillance. The New Democracy majority excluded all necessary witnesses and evidence. The majority MPs did too little to reveal the truth and too much to cover up the scandal and obfuscate the affair.

The KKE emphasize in their conclusion: “The very mode of operation of the inquiry committee, with the primary responsibility of the government majority, undermined from the beginning the essential investigation for the performance of all political and other responsibilities surrounding the wiretapping, at the expense of both the president of PASOK/KINAL and the journalists, as well as of course also of our Party for monitoring the call center of its Central Committee headquarters from 2016 until today. The double targeting was thus served, on the one hand the complete concealment of the truth, on the other hand the operation of disorientation from the key issues, which should and must be highlighted to the people, around the privacy of their communications, the protection of their personal data, the fundamental rights and his liberties”.

From MeRA25 they clarify that they will not attend the last session on Thursday citing a “poor theatrical performance”. In their conclusive positions they state, among other things: “We asked for the confidentiality to be lifted. It didn’t happen! And, here, the main and heavy responsibility obviously belongs to the Prime Minister himself, who forced the Government and his entire faction to be trapped in this unacceptable process.”

The findings of the parties show that the opposition front in this the field will remain active in the next period either by further internationalizing the issue or through the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee.

The Plenary is open

In relation to the leaks that existed on Friday that the majority might make use of article 57 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament which describes the procedure of secret meetings, Yannis Oikonomou closed the related scenarios. As he stated, “how the Plenary will be held concerns the Conference of Presidents. The government’s view is that the Plenary meeting cannot be closed, it has never happened before, our view is that the meeting should be open.”

Read the News today and get the latest news.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news.