The Minister of Citizen Protection John the Economisthe acknowledged that there was a blatant, tragic failure of ELAS in the prevention and prevention of the bloody incidents in New Philadelphia, while he clarified that the case will reach the end both inside the body and in terms of the arrest of the perpetrator.

“There was information that was not used” admitted the Minister of Citizen Protection, speaking to Alpha.

Also, in his statements he talked about “unprecedented operational errors” and for “blatant, tragic failure” while as the Minister of Citizen Protection said, the EDE is done to assign responsibilities where they exist.

According to Mr. Economou “there are two contradictory faces of ELAS” as on the one hand the information that the police had at their disposal about the hooligans coming to the country was not used, and on the other hand they were mobilized and the arrests were made immediately.

Also, responding to those who are asking for his resignation, he stated that “I had no qualms about resigning, but it is not the responsibility of the Minister of Citizen Protection how he will draw up plans to deal with hooligans”, pointing out that “I take the responsibility to work hard and change the Greek Police”.