According to the A1 Political Department of Supreme Courtthe combination of independent candidates “GREEKS FOR THE HOMELAND AND FREEDOM”, “cut off” during the proclamation of the parties and cannot participate in the upcoming ones elections of June 25, 2023as it is “the mantle under which the political party “Greek National Party” is hidden, with its founder and real leader Ilias Kasidiaris».

The Supreme Court of Justice made public the reasoning of the 354 pages, the declaration of the parties that have the legal qualifications to participate in the upcoming elections. Rationale to which the course of the Golden Dawn refers, the action, statements, etc. of Ilias Kasidiaris, but also of the other 28 parliamentary candidates of the disputed combination, who were Golden Dawn officials, while some participated as parliamentary candidates in the elections of January 15, 2015, with Golden Dawn ballots.

Thus, the Areopagites concluded, with the decision No. 95/2023 of the A1 Department, that the conditions for declaring the combination of independent candidates “GREEKS FOR THE FATHERLAND AND FREEDOM” do not exist in order to participate in the parliamentary elections of June 25 2023.

The A1 Political Department repeats part of the rationale of their previous decision No. 8/2023 by which Ilias Kasidiaris was once again “cut off” from the elections of May 21, 2023, in which, among others, it is stated: “The real leadership of the “National Greek Party”, from its foundation until today, has never ceased to be exercised, exclusively, by its founder, Ilias Kasidiaris”.

In particular, the Supreme Court mentions, among others, the following:

“It was accepted that Ilias Kasidiaris did not cease to be the real leader of the “Greek National Party”, which is the continuation of the GOLDEN DAWN, he never disapproved or demobilized, even in the slightest, the previous one – as a leading member of the GOLDEN DAWN AUGIS- hate speech, his violent and racist action, in the context of the criminal mechanism of the above party, copying the institutional mechanisms of the Greek state, the intended policy of overthrowing the democratic institutions of the rule of law and the disapproval of the rights and freedoms, which are recognized from democracy.

That, repeatedly and in a solemn manner, Ilias Kasidiaris, in his above capacity, under the guise of legitimacy and the mantle of a new legal political party, continued and continues the policy, rhetoric and action of GOLDEN DAWN, which he embraces and supports fervently, he included it in the program of action of the aforementioned party, stimulating and inciting popular sentiment to anti-democratic actions”.

Also, the Areopagites mention:

“Consequently, the controlled electoral formation is the cloak under which the political party “Greek National Party” is hidden, with founder and real leader Ilias Kasidiaris, whose (party’s) participation in the national elections of 5-21-2023 was excluded, by virtue of the aforementioned decision 8/2023 of the A1 section of the Supreme Court, for the reasons set forth in it and listed above. Due to this method fraudulently and in abuse of the constitutionally guaranteed right to be elected as provided for in the provision of paragraph 1 paragraph a’ of article 32 of the p.d. 26/2012 of a coalition of independent candidates is attempting to participate in the national elections of 25-6-2023 of the excluded party formation, i.e. the political party “Greek National Party”, with the aim of circumventing the eligibility restrictions and bypassing the control of the support of the of these established conditions for participation in the parliamentary elections”.

With reference to the 28 candidate MPs of the combination of independent candidates “GREEKS FOR THE COUNTRY AND FREEDOM”, the Supreme Court states:

“The alleged independent coalition candidates, who declared themselves candidates in a large number of constituencies in the country, specifically in twenty-eight (28) constituencies, in the vast majority of them, have emerged as influential, “remarkable”, officials of the party “HELLINES for the Homeland “, which was then renamed the “Greek National Party”, whose founder and leader until today is Ilias Kasidiaris, who, in fact, participates in the aforementioned combination as an “independent” candidate in the 1st electoral district of Athens, while several of these were, in the year immediately preceding the establishment of the party in question (21-5-2020), officers of CHRYSIS AUGIS and participated as parliamentary candidates in the national elections of 2015 and 2019, in the European elections of 2019 as well as in the self-governing elections, as leaders and candidates in the respective self-governing ballots of GOLDEN DAWN.

The above is proven by the repeated posts and statements on social media, videos and interviews posted on the internet of Ilias Kasidiaris and the aforementioned candidates, which are repeated until today and circulated through the party’s official website and official social media. Greek National Party”.