The leader of the main opposition party Radical Left Alliance in Greece, Alexis Tsipras, visited Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) Prosecutor Isidoros Doyakos to discuss the allegations regarding the wiretapping scandal.
ÇİPRAS ATTENTION TO THE DATA
In his statement after the meeting, Tsipras stated that it is the responsibility of the Greek judiciary to clarify all the allegations, and said that the data that must be recorded as per the law and those who signed the decisions are the elements that will illuminate the allegations.
Expressing his confidence in the Greek judiciary, Tsipras said:
“The news in recent months that the Greek Intelligence Service (EYP) has turned into a center to listen to political leaders, deputies, MEPs, ministers, journalists, business people and even judges is a great wound for democracy itself and puts democracy in jeopardy. Listening to those who come to him also endanger our national security.”
Government Spokesperson Yannis İkonomu also stated that the government has full confidence in the judicial investigation and argued that the judiciary did its part regarding the allegations.
IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL OF STAFF ALSO HEARD
Documento newspaper, in the news it published yesterday, claimed that the members of the Armed Forces, including the Greek Chief of General Staff Konstandinos Floros, were on the list of politicians, bureaucrats, journalists and business people whose phones were allegedly “tapped” in Greece.
In the news, it was claimed that the phones of the members of the Armed Forces were tapped by the Greek Intelligence Agency, not by the spyware program called “Predator”.
Documento newspaper, in the news it published before, former Prime Minister Andonis Samaras, former Ministers of Citizen Protection Mihalis Hrisohoidis and Olga Yerovasili, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Minister of Development and Investment Andonis Yeorgiadis, former Head of the Greek Police Service Mihalis Karamalakis, Greek Intelligence Service Prosecutor Vasiliki Vlahu claimed that many ministers, former ministers, politicians and journalists, such as Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Niki Kerameos and Government Spokesperson Yannis İkonomu, were listened to. (AA)