Clarifications on his statement yesterday about chemical castration of juvenile sex offenders the Minister of the Interior gave Makis Voridis.

First, he stated that “offenders who commit crimes against sexual freedom and especially against minors, experience shows that they do not reform.”

He added that he believes that some offenses should be served full sentences and there should be no parole at all.

He then specified that chemical castration could be performed on a voluntary basis, with the convict’s consent: “Voluntarily, if one of these criminals wishes to undergo a medical act of chemical castration, this may lead to favorable results in relation to his criminal treatment, that is, with his consent” .

For example, as the home secretary told ANT1, “this will either be taken into account when measuring his sentence or when he is released on parole, so that at some point he will be released from prison before serving his sentence.” his proposal. It would be something that would show an understanding of his position and the seriousness of the crimes he committed, as well as his will not to commit them in the future. Therefore, this can be taken into account for his criminal assessment.”

“Chemical castration is a medical procedure to treat prostate cancer and is essentially what a perpetrator agrees to in order to stand trial,” Mr. Voridis said, stressing that it was his personal proposal anyway.

Side: Rapist should not have parole

Earlier, in an interview with SKAI, Minister of Health Thanos Pluris also expressed the opinion that a child abuser cannot be punished and that he remains a danger to society.

In this context, he argued that there should be no parole for crimes such as child rape.

“There are crimes that should not be paroled, and one of them is child rape,” Mr. Plyuris said.

As the Minister of Health noted, “I do not believe that a child rapist will be punished, the main thing is to protect society from these people,” characteristically saying: “A child rapist remains a danger to our children.”