A post on Facebook on the occasion of Christos Triantopoulos to call for his referral directly to the Judicial Council, the prime minister said.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis characterizes the initiative of the New Democracy MP “A brave step that has no modern precedent.” He stresses at the same time that now “All the wings of the House are put forward by their responsibilities: Will they agree, on the initiative of the Minister? Or will they again hide behind tricks and evasions to justify the unjustified?”

The prime minister further stresses that “The time is approaching for a drastic cut in Article 86 of the Constitution.”

In detail, Mr. Mitsotakis’ post:

Christos Triantopoulos’ initiative to ask the pre -trial committee to refer to justice is a brave step that has no modern precedent. A step that allows him to be judged by regular judges who enjoy the constitutional guarantees of functional and personal independence. And an action that unleash the search for any criminal liability of politicians from toxic small -party conflicts. Those in which the other parties continue to be engaged, unfortunately.

Despite the real elements, the opposition had discounted both the supposed guilt of Christos Triantopoulos and the tahale government “concealment”. So all the wings of the House are put in charge of their responsibilities: Will they agree, on the initiative of the Minister? Or, will they hide again behind tricks and evasions to justify the unjustified?

Today’s development, however, confirms something more. As I have announced, the time is approaching a drastic intersection in Article 86 of the Constitution. Already, since 2006, as a newly elected MP, along with 7 colleagues, including the current President of the Republic Konstantinos Tasoulas, I had proposed the revision of this provision in order to distinguish the criminal element of the prosecution of ministers from the occasional political controversy. While in 2019, we reviewed the Constitution, abolishing the special deadline for the offenses of the members of the Government and the Deputy Ministers.

Indeed, although it is self -evident that the Constitution is implemented immediately, with legislative intervention in the next law of the Ministry of Justice, the opposite provision of the Ministers’ Liability Act, which has become inactive since 2019, is also explicitly abolished with the new revision of the Constitution. Facilitating the search for truth and restricting or even eliminating the responsibility and involvement of the House in the criminal prosecution of ministers. Because it is not a mission of parliament, neither to acquit political friends, nor to condemn political opponents!