“THEN SYRIZA believes that the opening of parliament should be accelerated even more. Fortunately, he did not ask for a meeting on August 14, as was done in his day. The date when Parliament voted on the 3rd useless memorandum it brought,” the New Democracy press service commented on the SYRIZA statement and concluded:

“But, fortunately, there will be no more times like this.”

“The government has announced that it accepts the proposal of the official leader of the opposition to hold an extraordinary meeting of parliament and put the issue of wiretapping on the agenda.”

“However, the request was for an immediate discussion so that answers could be given here and now.”

“Mr. Mitsotakis has finally rescheduled this debate for the week after August 22, apparently to gain time and try to use his propaganda apparatus to defuse the bomb.

“However, the fact that he is forced to accept, under the pressure of revelations and reaction, the pain of parliamentary control, which he tried to avoid, proves that the Republic has the power to defeat arrogance and authoritarianism. A short hallelujah psalm…”