For his decision to put on Suspension of Patras Forensic ServiceOn the occasion of the Mourtzoukou case, Justice Minister George Floridis reported in an interview, and announced the establishment of a National Forensic Committee for the first time in Greece.

Speaking to ERT, Mr. Floridis said: “Looking at this situation, not in Patras, but as a whole, how the country’s forensic service had evolved, it was not just a service. And it was not a service in the sense that while it belongs to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry had no structure of his own to supervise them. That is, there was no Directorate -General for the Forensic Medicine at the Ministry. Unfortunately, it was completely uncontrollable. Everyone was a unit anywhere, without any supervisionwithout any administration, without any regional address, without anything. “

“So we have made a law that is already implemented. We organized a Directorate General for the Ministry of Justice, Regional Directorates and Local Directorates. So, this system came into control (…). Now the latest development has led to the overall operation of Patras (…). And will be conducted by the investigation ordered by the Patras Prosecutor of Appeals to See any criminal responsibilities. Therefore, all the operation was suspended in a service that no longer had the potential to offer. Therefore, now you have to We are reconstituted from the beginning and in order for this service to operate quickly. Patras cannot be left without a forensic service. We are in the process of overall restructuring of this service that you are watching is very necessary for the award of justice. Because too many judicial decisions and too many police and judicial investigations depend on the results of their own investigations. “ The Minister of Justice noted.

About Corinthwhere there is a forensic examiner who had done the first inappropriate examination, in the case of Murjuku, Mr Floridis said: “I don’t know that. We’ll see it. But in any case, there are other forensic experts, but we said that we would also strengthen Corinth from Athens, where necessary, so that it can respond normally. “

Among other things he stressed: ‘So what we did with new legislation is not just to form this service as a regular service in the country, which is finally controlled. Is that we did three new things:

We have legislated a three -member forensic committee, which is based in Athens and may be involved in all forensic reports who, by order of a public prosecutor or an investigator, a citizen or a request by a citizen, appears to be a forensic report. So this is first established in Greece. It will be a secondary examination, for the first time in our country, which acquires a National Forensic Committee, which in the coming days this National Forensic Committee will also draw up the finding of the Mourtzoukou case (…).

The Forensic reports were not forced to adhere to a typewherever some important elements or basics are included. We have been legislated and now a protocol has been created which says that any forensic report in order to be accepted by anywhere, must have some information (…). So now the forensic reports will have to be complete and answer the specific questions that this protocol raises and not avoid.

The most important thing, however, is that It is currently evolving a pioneering world research in Greecewith a program contract made by the Ministry of Justice with the University of Piraeus with a special section there, to The country’s forensic service can be everywhere throughout Greece to acquire the possibility of forensic examinations with artificial intelligence. Which means that the coroner has a much more scientifically advanced tool in his hands so he can do his job quickly and make it more reliable.

When we present this, people will understand exactly what we mean. And it is no coincidence that this intervention by some circuits is fighting at this time. ”