“You said, Mr. Tsipras, that in your day there was no surveillance of journalists or politicians. Then you said I didn’t give the order. In your day there were 54,000 of them. Did you look at them one by one? Did you have another job? I didn’t know about any surveillance. I told you from the very beginning,” the prime minister said. Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his trilogue in parliament in the context of a debate at the level of party leaders about surveillance.

“I am impressed with the love that Mr. Tsipras shows for Mr. Venizelos’s opinion, I wonder if he had the same opinion when he tried to drag him into a special court,” the prime minister said.

As he pointed out, “we have a fundamental difference in the interpretation of the Constitution. I have to file an executive law of the 1974 Constitution, Act 2225, which invokes section 3 on the removal of secrecy for security reasons. If the constitutional legislator wanted to release the deputies, this would be mentioned in the relevant law. It is clear that they do not remember this, ”the prime minister continued.

“There is a significant problem of discrimination. We believe that no one should be exempt from monitoring on national security issues, but for politicians, documentation should be strictly documented,” he said.

Addressing Mr. Tsipras, he said: “You mentioned possible financial scandals. In the case of Kukakis, I don’t know him, but he was in the investigation and that we allegedly wanted to prevent possible scandals with someone. You say that. Why did you leave Parliament open a week after you said we would go to the polls in 2019? Vote for a new criminal code. Let me remind you what your former Minister of Justice Mr. Kontonis said about the criminal code.”

“And you are talking about serving the interests of keeping the parliament open for a week to serve I don’t know who,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis added.

In particular, during his trilogue, the Prime Minister said:

“I will be brief, Mr. President, because I think that the essence of the matter has been exhaustively disclosed. I would like to make three comments on a number of issues raised in the second agenda of the political leaders.

I am impressed by the love that Mr. Tsipras has for Mr. Venizelos’s views, I wonder if he was of the same opinion when he tried to drag him into the Special Court as one of the ten victims of the Novartis case. But anyway, I welcome your approach.

As for questions of law, we have a fundamental difference in the interpretation of the Constitution. I believe that no one is infallible in these matters, but I must present to the national delegation the implementing law of the 1994 Constitution. It’s Law 2225, which refers to Article 3 on the removal of secrecy on grounds of national security.

If a constitutional legislator wanted and somehow provided for any exemption of deputies from the potential possibility of monitoring them for reasons of national security, this would be mentioned in the relevant executive law. It is clear that he is not mentioned therefore in the interpretation of the executive law of the Constitution.

We have seen all the articles, Mr. President, you may have a different opinion than ours. There is also a legal issue, there is also a very important issue of distinction between MPs or MEPs. We have a different opinion on this matter.

A priori we believe that no one should be exempt from surveillance on grounds of national security, but we agree that in the case of parliamentarians, the documentation to give such approval must be carefully documented, which is clearly not the case. in the case of Mr. Androulakis.

The second question concerns Mr. Tsipras’ dislike and the assurance he gave that in his days, Mr. Tsipras, you categorically, in a loud voice, waving your hand, told us that there was no surveillance of journalists or politicians.

Then you messed up a bit, you said that I didn’t order any surveillance. Look, I’ve been counting the views, the connections made in your days. There were about 54 thousand. Did you look through them one by one to make sure that neither the deputy nor the journalist was being followed? Didn’t you have any other job than to control the EYP surveillance?

Well, I didn’t know about any tracking, I told you about it from the very beginning. And I don’t think I’m obligated to know who the National Intelligence Service is watching, except perhaps after the fact if I get a piece of information that I need to check for accuracy, then, yes, I think it’s perfectly legal for me to contact the Service. who may not tell me the source of this information.

But to know a priori who the Service is following? We have a completely different point of view. If you think that this is the right model, that you should know one by one who the Service is following, then it seems to me that this is the approach for the faction of the left, which in any case suffered from the consequences of state mechanisms that at other times moved in other words, It seems strange to me, to say the least.

Finally, you mentioned potential financial scandals. In the case of Koukakis, I don’t know the gentleman, I’ve never met him in my life, and the investigation he was doing, we allegedly wanted to block in some way regarding issues related to the banking industry and possible scandals, which I understand, that it could have taken place in a completely different age than the one in which we ruled. And you say it.

Do you want me to refresh your memory a little? Why did you leave parliament open a week after you said we would go to early elections after the disastrous results of the 2019 European elections. Why did you leave it open? Vote for the new Criminal Code.

You want me to remind you that it was no coincidence that your former Minister of Justice said about the Criminal Code. Mr Contonis. I read: “I spoke, spoke and paid for the truth that I spoke. 1,000 articles were voted in one sitting. And he changed, – note – the fraudulent language, turning bribery from a criminal offense into an offense. There was a purpose. I speak directly so that before the elections it would be possible to initiate some kind of court cases.”

“The way the new Criminal Code was drafted and adopted is the extreme point of conflict between the former SYRIZA government and the oligarchy,” he said in another statement.

You talk about serving the interests that you left parliament open for a week to serve I don’t know who. I hope someday justice will find him. Thanks”.