Yesterday, in a tense atmosphere, the Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice of the Parliament began processing the draft law of the Ministry of Justice on EYP and them follow uptitled “Message declassification process, cybersecurity and citizen privacy”, which is scheduled to be submitted for final approval by the national delegation on Thursday, December 8th.

The government declares in all tones that the draft law under consideration, the content of which meets with tension and reservations up to the complete disapproval of part of the opposition, protects the state from phenomena affecting all European societies, as the Minister of Justice, among other things, said. “Efforts are being made to address the gaps created by the previous legislation, which dates back to 1994,” said Mr. K. Tsiaras. For “the dangers that we see constantly and everywhere, especially in the current conditions of international liquidity and growing challenges, we must have the appropriate tools to reflect them,” said committee chairman Max. Charakopoulos.

Speaker N.D. Mr. Stylianidis spoke of “legislative initiative that puts us at the forefront” and mentioned, among other things, that the government is “turning a crisis into an opportunity by overcoming the inaction of the past” in relation to the pre-existing legislative framework. “The government,” he said, “dares to correct the mistakes of the legislation, forming a modern framework, balancing between national security and the protection of personal data.” In harsh tones, the speaker of the official opposition dem. Tzanakopoulos countered that the bill “doesn’t close any gaps. You make everything worse,” he said, addressing the ruling majority, and continued: “The bill comes to legitimize retroactively all violations of the Constitution and laws of recent months. The government is accountable. Your days in the government are numbered, and some with a first and last name will give an account both to the people and to justice. There are crimes.”

On the PASOK side, Mr. X. Castanidis spoke of the “legislative knee-jerk reaction”, reiterating that “ADAE cannot exercise substantial oversight”, and delivered many detailed speeches on his own behalf with specific elements and proposals during the debate on Articles, at a meeting to be held early Monday afternoon. One more meeting will precede the hearing of the bodies, among which ADAE, which, as you know, made a number of comments on the provisions of the bill. Objections and objections were also raised by KKE, Hellenic Solution and MeRA25.