His lawyer announced his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. Nikos Pappa, Yannis Mantsuranisin his statement following the decision of the Special Court.

As he noted, “when politics enters the courtroom, justice comes out.”

“Unfortunately, today the members of the Special Court have unanimously decided to bind the vindictive pursuit of Nikos Pappas by his political opponents with a binding judgment.

Two comments are needed here and now:

“First, when politics enters the courtroom, then justice comes out.

And secondly, respect for Justice is not imposed. It is won when its officials have the courage to judge only on the basis of the Constitution, the law and their own conscience and, above all, when they do not settle for anything but the truth.

No judgment is self-justifying. Only public acquaintance with its substantiation makes it possible to check whether it is correct or not, and can give any court decision anything but compulsion and persuasiveness and, therefore, the respect of citizens.

After all, appealing to the European Court of Human Rights is not only a given, but also absolutely necessary.”

Two years in prison for the Pope, a fine for Kalogritsa

Recall that Nikos Pappas was unanimously found guilty by the Special Court of conducting a tender for television licenses, as was Christos Kalogritsas, who was tried as an accomplice of a former minister on charges of dereliction of duty.

The Special Court sentenced Nikos Pappa to the maximum statutory sentence of two years in prison, suspended for three years. Christos Kalogritsa was fined 5,000 euros as his lawyers’ motion for extenuating circumstances was denied.

The Prosecutor of the Special Court, Dimitris Asprogerakas, demanded that the protocol be forwarded to the prosecutor, along with the testimony of Christos Kalogritsa’s secretary, Ethalia Diamantis, who testified that “files and bags left Kalogritsa’s office for the SYRIZA party.”

Pappas: This trial was political

Politicians characterized the trial of Mr. Nikos Pappasin his statement following the announcement of the decision of the Special Court.

“The decision of the Special Court is in the spirit of the Novartis and Siemens decisions,” said the former minister. He also noted that the Greek people, with their mandate, administer justice everywhere.