“The image of the persons awarded is shocking”, says the president of the Union of Judges and Prosecutors, Margarita Stenioti, speaking to ERT, about the suspension of the SYRIZA MP, Pavlos Polakis.

According to the website ertnews.gr, Mrs. Stenioti explains: “In democratic states, I don’t think there are statements, not only by politicians but by any person, about collective liquidations of institutions of our democratic state (…) This specific post – the list of names, the photo collage – constitutes constitutional perversion. Because the nominal targeting, the threats, the prescriptions of judges and journalists do not only constitute a lack of respect for the rule of law but a heavy blow to our democratic state”.

The Union of Judges and Prosecutors “has already issued a relevant announcement but will escalate its reactions”, explained Mrs. Stenioti. “It is a very serious issue, it is a matter of constitutional legitimacy.”

Referring, according to ertnews.gr, to the second part, which, as he said, “we ignore”, it constitutes “a foreshadowing of the manipulation of the institutions of Justice. He talks about expelling judges, about voluntary exit and creating a new school of judges, through which we will hire our own children, our own judges. These are contrary to the rule of law.”

To the question, what she thinks are the reasons for such a post, Ms. Stenioti replied: “Mr. Polakis’ position is not isolated, he has made such statements before. He reveals his perception of the institution of Justice. He wants a manipulated Justice.”