Turbulent events in the political arena were caused by the resignation of the General Secretary of the Prime Minister. Grigory Dimitriadis and EYP commander Panagiotis Kontoleontas.

According to government sources, resignation of the prime minister’s general secretary “this is due to the atmosphere of toxicity that has developed around his personality”, and they emphasized that “this is in no way connected with the Predator (ss, which was at the center of Andrulakis’s complaint), with which neither he nor the government has anything to do with it relationship, as has been categorically stated.”

According to the same sources, “Grigoris Dimitriadis is at the forefront of the candidacy of Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the post of leader of the New Democracy. For 6 years he carried a very heavy burden and was subjected to very severe attacks from many sides.

The resignation of Grigoris Dimitriadis was followed by resignation of the commander of the National Intelligence Service. Panagiotis Kontoleon submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister “due to wrong actions discovered in the process of legal relations,” according to a government briefing.

Commenting on the resignation, government sources said: “This is a legal connection with the prosecutor’s license, for which there was no information in Megaros Maximos. The person concerned will be duly informed of all details and how the decision has been made by EYP. Some wrongdoing doesn’t detract from the important national services that EYP has been offering in recent years.”

The post of General Secretary of the Prime Minister who succeeded Grigoris Dimitriadis is held by Yannis Bratakos, is still President of EBEA, and the new Commander of EYP is the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Themistoklis Demiris. As highlighted in the government briefing, Mr. Demiris will brief the Committee on Institutions and Transparency once Parliament resumes.

Dimitris Manzos: “Government management is shameful”

Dimitris Manzos, a spokesman for PASOK-Movement for Change, said in an interview with Real FM that “they have been trying to drive us crazy for ten days, saying that all this is either not true and is a lie, or the truth is normal” and “today a close relative of the prime minister and his close the relative and commander of the EMP resigned with a difference of a few minutes” and he wondered: “While we have these two high-profile resignations, what will the government say? What will the prime minister say? What will all the centers that have been trying to drive us crazy for ten days say?

“We consider the entire leadership of the government to be shameful. It is a shame for the Hellenic Republic that such a serious matter concerning justice, democracy, the functioning of our state, has become the object of such parapolitical and anti-institutional, ultimately anti-democratic management. It’s a shame that for ten days they want to drive us crazy, and today, after these two resignations, there is such silence and this is a continuation of disorientation,” D. Manzos emphasized.

A spokesman for PASOK-KINAL called the resignations of Deputy Prime Minister Grigoris Dimitriadis and head of EMP Panagiotis Kontoleon a “decompression valve”, noting that “we are not interested in the methodical and systematic exploitation of the resignations, which will undoubtedly be done by the government in the coming hours” and emphasized: “We insist on the institutional line that we have taken from the very beginning. Judicial investigation is a priority for us. We must allow the Greek judiciary to be impartial, independent, independent of influence, to do its job in depth and on top. Research must not stop, and we will not stop until we have all the answers we have. This is not a question for Nikos Androulakis. This is not a PASOK question. This is the business of every citizen. This is a question of democracy, a question of transparency. May the darkness not prevail as much as some would like. And finally, so that the light falls again on the political and social life of this place.”

Alexis Tsipras: “Confession”

“The resignation of the Secretary General of the Prime Minister under the weight of the revelations of the surveillance scandal is an admission of guilt,” said Alexis Tsipras, when asked about the resignation of the Secretary of the Prime Minister Grigoris Dimitriadis, Competition Commission. “And in any case,” noted the President of SYRIZA PS, “this does not cancel the duties of the Prime Minister himself, on the contrary, he confirms them.”

Mr Tsipras said the prime minister “at some point has to give explanations to the Greek people. Because this is not an easy issue, this is a Democracy issue.” “And no matter how much he tries these days with the help of the 108th largest media in the world to hide a big scandal, this issue, precisely because it is a Democracy issue, will not remain in the dark,” he said. stressed, adding: “Everything will be cleared up.”