The government spokesman focused on the surveillance case, Yannis Oikonomouduring the next briefing of political editors.

Speaking about the publication of the Dokumento newspaper, Mr. Oikonomu noted that the allegations of surveillance of a number of politicians and non-politicians do not yet have the necessary documentation.

In any case, he asked for a full investigation of the case: “The mentioned – despite the excess of narratives and lack of evidence – must and will be carefully investigated by the competent authorities and Greek justice. And this is how it should be done so that absolutely no suspicion remains, so that not a single shadow hangs in the public arena.

The government spokesman stressed that if the above is proven, then appropriate duties should be imposed at all levels, and those who committed illegal acts and those who went against the public interest should be held accountable. The same thing will happen, as he said, even if these accusations against those who sow these devils are not true, he said.

He added that we need to be sober about both the problem of watching malware and attempts to instrument it. In particular, he spoke of a systematic attempt to detect legitimate national security connection tactics with malware.

As yesterday, Mr. Economou stressed the government’s intention to pass a law banning the marketing of malware in Greece.

“If the foreign minister is being followed, it is espionage”

The vast majority of the questions received by the government spokesperson related to the case of surveillance.

From the beginning, the government has been proactive to find out who is using illegal surveillance software, he said, adding that an investigation by the Greek judiciary is ongoing and the results have yet to be announced.

“The Prime Minister positions himself with absolute clarity and has nothing more to add,” he said of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s absence from the PEGA committee.

He emphasized that no government agencies used malware, and called the publication of the Documento newspaper unfounded.

Actually, speaking about this, he noted that “if it came to the fact that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is being followed, then we are talking about espionage.” He added: “By the logic of Spircis, if the prime minister’s associates are being monitored, then the prime minister himself is being monitored.”

Responding to a related question about who might want to see instability in Greece, Giannis Economou stated that: “One can understand who benefits from the destabilization of the government and the country.”

Finally, he rejected any early election scenario, confirming that national elections would take place in 2023, at the end of the four-year term.

Attack on SYRIZA

Further, the government spokesman spoke about the institutional failure of the official opposition party and emphasized that for the first time in post-political history, he raised the issue of credibility in elections: that it feeds on conditions of political anomaly and destabilization.”

“As in the case Novartis Mr. Tsipras is making noise through press groups and kicking up dust as they bring in old protagonists to cause riots. Without the slightest arrogance, certain circles act as communicating vessels and put the responsibility on the government, and this is reminiscent of those who wore hoods, ”said Mr. Economou.

He urged the public to “reflect on what has been done and what is being done again in the dark and not approve of such methods.” He emphasized that “historically, nationally and socially, our country does not have the luxury of separation, it does not have the luxury of anomaly, especially at such a time. Greece does not need national tragedies, and the government, as always, will make sure that no one is allowed to implement these schemes in practice.

“Turkey engages in politics with cheap capsules”

At the beginning of his speech, Yannis Oikonomou mentioned the Greek-Turkish language and the “adventure” of the governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tsitsikostas, in Smyrna.

“The Turkish provocation is now taking on an institutional character in connection with the incident with Mr. Tsitsikosta. I must say that the authorities of a neighboring country do not honor to pursue a cheap policy with capsules, which they then try to justify with even cheaper pretexts,” the government spokesman said.

And he added: “Mr. Tsitsikostas, like the entire Greek state, is trying to be part of the solution to problems with Turkey, while Turkey, through provocative and unacceptable actions, insists that it is constantly part of the problem.”