By Penelope Galliou

The confrontation that broke out between the government and the opposition after the filing by the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of the possible involvement of the EYP or other state agencies or officials in the illegal surveillance with the predator malicious software is being transferred to the Parliament today.

Following the request submitted by the parliamentary groups of five parties, SYRIZA, PASOK, KKE, New Left and Freedom Movementto summon the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Georgia Adelini, in order to give explanations for the conclusion concerning the case of telephone monitoring, the Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Parliament is convened as an emergency at 10 in the morning.

A meeting, however, which does not concern the substance of the request but whether, according to the Regulation of the Parliament and the principle of the separation of powers, the request of the opposition parties and judicial officials are called to “account for a judicial decision that received.

However, as commented by government actors, the Parliament has never put judicial decisions under its judgment, and even supreme courts, as such an initiative would be equivalent to abolishing the separation of powers. Comments, which specify the negative attitude that the governing majority will take at today’s meeting of the Institutions and Transparency committee with the expected rejection of the opposition’s request.

Parliamentary sources also explained that summoning a public prosecutor to the Parliament to provide explanations regarding his judicial decisions is not lawful, while responding to the possibility given by the Rules of the Parliament for the hearing of judicial officials, they clarified that this provision concerns operational issues of justice “for issues related to operational issues of justice for the purpose of enhancing transparency”.

A fact confirmed by the Speaker of the Parliament, Kostas Tassoulastalking to journalists and explaining that the Parliament has no right to call judges and ask them for explanations for judicial decisions, nor is it considered a supreme court to make a review.

The argument of the government majority for its rejection – as everything shows – was developed by the government representative, Pavlos Marinakiswho, as he remarked, cannot recall “any precedent like this, nor can I find anything similar in any other Republic within Europe.

In a few words, these parties tell us that every time we don’t like a decision of the Justice, we will pull it out of the Justice’s ear and take it to the Parliament to ask for its reason. They have every right to say so, but for someone to tell them that this is not provided for in our Republic, it is not in line with our Republic, it has nothing to do with the separation of powers, these are lessons that a law student learns in the first year,” he commented.

Mr. Marinakis also objected to SYRIZA, considering that such a request from Koumoundourou is not out of the blue, “It is the party that was convicted 13-0, for very serious offences, essentially violating the institutions, it is the party of the para-ministries of Justice, the other convicted minister for issues, very serious criminal issues that have to do with Justice and the Institutions, so for SYRIZA, it is “a day at work” not to understand what the distinction between powers, not understanding what it means that we cannot intervene Justice, when he himself, according to the admission of Mr. Kontonis, did so, without shame.

This is what they dream of, this is what they want to do. This is what they dreamed of from the beginning of their political engagement, so this behavior is identical to what they themselves have within themselves”.

The government representative also put Harilaou Trikoupis in front of him, arguing that “to see PASOK, which has a tradition of respect for the Institutions, drag behind the rhetoric of SYRIZA, from the rhetoric of Mrs. Konstantopoulou, with what we have experienced in the country, 9 years ago, well, I think he fully confirms that he does not want to become a credible opposition, but a “green SYRIZA”.

However, referring to the conclusion of the Supreme Court, Mr. Marinakis added that he is giving answers and added that “Because they did not like a section that exempts a number of state or official actors, they are against the leadership of the Supreme Court and are targeting the prosecutor who has been elected with 4/5 of the Parliament. Another serious sign that some parties seem to have quarreled with the elementary rules of operation of the institutions and the Democracy” he concluded.