On his TV and in the show “Today» with him Dimitris Oikonomou the Minister of Citizen Protection spoke on Thursday morning, Michalis Chrysochoidiswho reported on the new warehouse-yafka at Pagratiwhere grenades, weapons and explosives were found.

As he commented, “I don’t think this specific finding is connected to the case of the explosion in Ampelokipi, however, you never say never in terrorism. The investigations are ongoing, it will be seen through the laboratory and other investigations being carried out, in order to fully demonstrate what exactly happened and who and how are involved in the explosion”.

Regarding yafka, he pointed out that he would not like to talk about business matters. “The companies are doing their job and they are doing it well together with the Justice, in which all these elements will go, to really find an end to the thread after the new revelation of the place where they had stored materials for several years, the but which were well preserved, which means that this place was visitable”.

Asked if other arrests are expected from the two cases, Mr. Chrysochoidis noted:

“Investigations around these issues are ongoing. 15 days ago an entire armory was discovered in Mandra, which means that it is a continuous job. I am personally very satisfied with the work that dedicated officers and junior police officers do to ensure that we all feel and are safe.”

“This year we have 12,000 arrests for domestic violence, twice as many as last year”

Then the minister made a report both on the course for the Polytechnic on Sunday November 17, as well as in the demonstrations on Wednesday with nationwide strike of GSEE-ADEDYfor the management of which he declared fully satisfied. “My advice to the police officers in charge was not to break up the rally in any way because of provocations by provocateurs,” he said.

As for dealing with domestic violence, it is, as he mentioned, a social phenomenon rather than a police one, as it is connected to institutions such as the family.

“This year we have 12,000 arrests, twice as many as last year, for domestic violencethat is, for people who abused their wives and children. I guess 20% of abusers are incarcerated. If a suspect refuses to give a fingerprint, he will be charged with disobeying the applicable law. I think we will proceed with an opinion from the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court to change this, so that these things are done in a different way. Anyone who refuses to give fingerprints means they want to hide something.”

For the next day in the SW after the deletion of Antonis SamarasMr. Chrysochoidis underlined that he and the former prime minister shared a common path in the co-government of the period 2012-2014, however if some people invoke non-existent problems, destabilization is coming.

“In the last period there are some people who invoke problems that do not exist. I’m looking left and right to see if any part of the country has been ceded, maybe we’ve lost some of our territorial integrity. Evros is impregnable, we no longer have a migration crisis, plus the prime minister has armed the country and we now have a strong voice at the international level.”