“The cleansing of the police is a priority for us in practice,” said the Minister for the Protection of Citizens. Takis Theodorikakoswho attacked SYRIZA noting that during his reign, 183 murders remained unsolved.

And he added: “As we have proved in recent decisions of officers, primarily the Internal Audit Service, the head of which did not provide even the most elementary information to the minister himself about very serious criminal cases that were sent to him and are also related to possible deals between bandits and police officers.

This is our irrevocable decision to continue this purge, despite the intrigues against us and the intrigues. Let me also remind the official opposition that during the years of his rule the country was 183 unsolved killings of civilians. The perpetrators remain unknown, which is an open wound to justice and democracy. We must continue to do our best to solve this problem.”