The trial before him proceeded at a slow pace, and procedural matters were examined yesterday Special Court with a former minister as the main defendant Dimitris Papagelopoulos, who was Deputy Minister of Justice for the SYRIZA-ANEL governments. The defendant ex-minister is accused of interfering in the work of specific prosecutors when considering specific cases. In addition to the former minister, the former head of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Eleni Tulupaki, is also on trial for offenses related to refusing to send files to parliament on former health ministers (Panagiotis Kurumplis and Andreas Xanthos) who were subpoenaed by KINAL MPs in the Novartis case. Prosecutor Elenis Tulupakis’ attorney, Yiannis Mantzouranis, finally failed yesterday to file a motion for an unlawful composition of the court over the misdemeanors he cited during the drawing of lots for members of the Special Court by Parliament. Tulupaki’s attorney explained to the court that the trial prosecutor “desires to be acquitted on the merits,” adding that “it has been proven that Novartis bleach manufacturers used unacceptable methods to cover the magically required number of lottery judges. court of its members. His request to provide the necessary documents related to the state of health of the involved superior judge was rejected by both the District Attorney Olga Smyrlis and the court.

Otherwise, the proceedings focused on whether the court would allow Honorary Prosecutor Georgia Tzatani, one of the three prosecutors who convicted Dimitris Papagelopoulos for interfering, to plead as a civil action (i.e. uphold the charge) against the pressure she had been sued for her handling of businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos, who has passed away. Her defenders Themis Sophos and Dimitris Ninopoulos spoke of “moral damage to Georgia Tsatani” and asked that her request be granted. At the trial, the ex-minister’s lawyers objected that the Georgian prosecutor Tsatani had not suffered moral harm, and asked her to reject her petition.

However, the process is expected to take a long time, with the trial continuing next Monday, and PASOK-KINAL, MP and former minister Andreas Loverdos, may begin his testimony.