“Trying to hide them responsibilities of Maximus and the deep state have infected the coordinated powers of the country. First, Maximus infected the secret services and now he infects the Judiciary as well. This is the reality” underlined N. Androulakis in his intervention, earlier today in the Parliament.

He also said that the wiretapping case “is a double scandal, a surveillance scandal and a cover-up scandal.”

“Two years ago, on days like this, I was passing through the door of the Supreme Court, revealing the scandal of the illegal software Predator and the simultaneous -“collusive” for the government and apparently for justice – the same goals of the EYP and Pedator” he said the president of PASOK-Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakis, in his intervention in the Plenary Session of the Parliament.

“Coincidentally, the Predator’s targets are also targets of surveillance by the Hellenic Secret Service,” he said.

He noted that “over the course of these two years, we learned that our country became a center for the export of the illegal Predator software, because quite simply it could not be exported from Israel to African states or countries that do not have strong institutions. This is what Greece did and unfortunately it was a shameful tactic to sell these softwares to illiberal regimes, knowing that they are most likely to be used against human rights, against political opponents, risking the lives of thousands of people in third world countries.”

“And all with the blessings of ND. In fact, today Mr. Mitsotakis has the then general secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the director of the ND to say a big “thank you” to him,” he added.

“So a machine was set up to serve financial interests. It’s not just that they listened to us, they won millions of euros. It is not only a scandal of violation of human rights, it is also a huge financial scandal that undermines human rights, the rule of law, a scandal of deep corruption with a turnover of millions” he said and added:

“According to the Personal Data Protection Authority, 87 people, ministers, many ND ministers, businessmen, prosecutors, the leadership of the Armed Forces, journalists, were targeted with the Predator. By diabolical coincidence, at least a third of them were also monitored by the EYP.

Always all coincidences as stated by the conclusion of Mr. Zisis. And here the questions begin:

For political reasons, the prime minister was forced to say in the debate before the national elections that “a mistake was made” and that “I am not a national danger” as signed by the prosecutor Ms. Vlachou.

What do the ND ministers consist of, will we ever know? The heads of the Armed Forces, the businessmen, the prosecutors? Will someone finally talk about the grounds that were targeted by the Predator and monitored by the EPA?

Second question: Are these underground routes of parastatal mechanisms and the secret services that are and were under the supervision of the prime minister, which according to ND officials and the then press representative were “dirty networks” European normality?”

“Over the course of these two years we have witnessed an unprecedented cover-up operation every time the independent authorities were just ahead of the revelations.

We have the change of composition of the ADAE with the backs of Mr. Velopoulos, a few hours before the ADAE imposes a fine on the EYP for its non-compliance to provide data for the verification of the joint monitoring center” pointed out N. Androulakis.

“And the most important thing: the CoE makes a decision that specifies precisely and in writing that I must be informed about my follow-up file, the reasons. The EYP writes in its “old shoes” the decision of the court and you don’t mind. And this is European “normality”. So what is the EYP, Mr. Mitsotakis, his ministers afraid of and they are not disclosing the decisions that are legal in all respects, according to the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, as she claims?” he emphasized.

“The attempt to hide the responsibilities of Maximus and the deep state have infected the coordinated powers of the country. First, Maximus infected the secret services and now he infects the Judiciary as well. This is the reality” underlined N. Androulakis.

He said that “the case of wiretapping is a double scandal: a surveillance scandal and a cover-up scandal” and added that he could not have imagined that the cover-up would “take on such hideous proportions”.

“Ultimately, Mr. Floridis, every era has its own “Papagelopoulos”, but the democratic faction is here to denounce them in every era, because those who judge are also judged” he said.

Answering Ad. Georgiadis who “demanded that we apologize” to the prime minister’s nephew, Mr. Grigoris Dimitriadis, who was dismissed by Mr. Mitsotakis as soon as he understood what had happened and where things were going both internally and at the European level, when he publicly stated that “I was not a national danger”, the PASOK-Movement for Change president said that “soon Mr. Georgiadis will tell us that he proposes to Mr. Mitsotakis to re-hire Mr. Dimitriadis and Mr. Kontoleon together to continue their “interesting” work”.

“So Mr. Mitsotakis must apologize for “sacrificing” them, not us,” said N. Androulakis.

“Today’s decision to file the case works as a temporary “laundry” of responsibilities of the current rulers, as long as you will be rulers. Because in every democracy things change and when things change everything will go on a different path. Institutions, respect for human rights and separation of powers will function normally. This is imposed by the European acquis and the struggle of every democrat,” he stressed.

He said that “it is not a personal matter, but a struggle to not change the citizens’ perception of how our democracy should function properly”.

N. Androulakis spoke of “today’s revelation that the investigation was sham with carbon deposits, without asking the protagonists of the scandal, nor the “why”” and added: “So the case file was quickly removed by two honest younger prosecutors. But we are here to continue our fight to defend the rule of law with all our strength.”

He expressed his belief that “the truth will win in the end”.

“As always the light defeats the darkness, no matter how much Mr. Mitsotakis and his colleagues think they are done with this story,” said N. Androulakis, thanking from the floor of the Parliament “the two honest prosecutors of the first court who tried to make the their work under adverse conditions, the Independent Authorities who opposed the systematic assassination of characters by the current Minister of Health who had the audacity to want us to “apologise” to Mr. Dimitriadis. A systematic character assassination unleashed on the victims and the judges and the Independent Authorities because you all want us to shut up.”

Mr. Androulakis emphasized that we will “continue our honest fight against this dark state”.

He said that “Mr. Mitsotakis sealed his political legacy today, the historian of the future will record him as the mastermind of a dark parastatal apparatus that brought to the fore again practices far removed from any kind of European acquis.”

“This dark legacy will follow you, Mr. Mitsotakis, until the end of your political journey,” he said.

“The cases that are filed, sometimes, are retrieved by officials who respect their oath and you can be sure of that,” said the president of PASOK-Movement for Change and added: “As far as I am concerned, this lonely, sometimes carter legal fight, decided by different parts of the political system, will continue until the end”.

He emphasized, among other things, that “in the need to hide the infamy of the deep state, Justice and the separation of powers are distorted. Unfortunately for you, fortunately our country has institutions. We participate both in the European Court of Human Rights and in the EU equally.”

“I am sure that this fight does not stop and will be vindicated in all these institutions. I am sure that these people who insulted every Greek woman and every Greek man will pay, because it is a shame for a country that entered Europe more than 40 years ago, today some people are exposing it with unprecedented in the year 2024. And I am sure that all the parties of the opposition, the democratic parties, will stand with us in this ongoing struggle” the president of PASOK-Movement for Change concluded in his intervention.