Day two, opposition to the government and SYRIZA continues over what was said to the parliamentary committee on institutions and transparency, and over the secrecy of the process, maintaining an atmosphere of polarization that is expected to reach its peak. today with the “confrontation” of Mr. Mitsotakis and Al. Tsipras during the preliminary debate in Parliament.

However, it has not yet been determined when the next meeting of the special committee will take place, at which the substance of the observation case will be considered. After the loud intervention of Kostas Tassoulas, Giannis Oikonomou, in a briefing for political editors, spoke about the violation of institutions, since it was established that during the commission’s meeting, information was transmitted selectively to specific media.

Photographing the official opposition, he emphasized that “the only thing that is of interest in the end is the unrequited, and therefore uncontrolled publicity, precisely because the responsible and named institutional bodies are not able to give an answer without committing a crime.” “.

In an interview with SKAI, Nasos Iliopoulos stated that “to the question asked in the committee whether politicians are being monitored, when the answer is ‘no one is excluded’, it is not a matter of national security, no sensitive information was provided or anything.” or else.” . Mr. Mitsotakis, in this particular case, was caught not just with a goat on his back, but with a herd on his back.”

Raising his voice, a government spokesman stated on this particular issue that “some who claim to be the guardians of Democracy and the rule of law do not miss the opportunity to viciously attack the leading institutions of our state in order to mislead public opinion, damage national interests and gain temporary party benefits” .

“Brussels Play”

The confrontation between the government and SYRIZA escalated due to leaks from the meeting of the Committee on Institutions and Politico.

Another field of conflict between SYRIZA and Maximos concerns the publication of Politico. Speaking about the reactions provoked, Yannis Oikonomou noted that in the new issue of the Brussels Play rubric, a partial reconstruction of the publication was made, proving that the objections that existed were well founded. “Yesterday’s publication spoke about the resignation of the head of the EMP for “illegal surveillance of N. Andrulakis (deputies and journalists).” Today he retreats, specifying that the resignation of the former head of the EMP and the secretary general of the prime minister is connected with the “legal surveillance” (of N. Androulakis), which Athens called wrong. The monitoring of Mr. Androulakis, writes Politico, “was carried out by the EPM on legal grounds.”

The official opposition has a different point of view on the new Politico article: “Nowhere is it repeated that with this letter the government: denounces the “political media” that covered this case, prevents written correspondence and calls on the competent European bodies to speak alone with the Permanent Representative on any issue that arises and essentially asks the EU to “do not disturb”.

As for Politico journalist Nectaria Stamoulis, Mr. Economou, while noting the personal assessments he prefers to express in her texts, indicated that the reference to her in his statement “was called an exaggeration and could have been avoided.” Giannis Oikonoma was also asked at a briefing about a Financial Times article that said a person close to the prime minister hinted that Russia was behind the surveillance case.

“I have no comment, in this direction the process of this whole case is ongoing, in which there are several things that need to be investigated.” In his previous speech, he emphasized that “the government, with a sense of responsibility, is determined to resist and frustrate the plans of violations that various people put forward.”