The initiative of the head of ADAE caused a political storm, Christ Rammos, send letters to the Speaker of Parliament, the parties and the Minister of Justice, informing them that the Office has established legal links for the Minister and five military officers. OUR government attributed political motives to Mr. Rammos, while Mr. Alexis Tsiprasmet with the president of the republic, demanded the resignation of the prime minister, and today the opposition was transferred to parliament.

Storm with letters of Rammos

Dora Antoniou

The government reacted sharply yesterday to the initiative of ADAE head Christos Rammos to send a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, the parties and the Minister of Justice, in which he reports the results of the audits to the Independent Telephone Monitoring Authority. Government spokesman Dimitris Oikonomou credited Mr. Rammos with aiming to “become a political factor in a difficult period”, attributing political motives to his choice, while speaking of “a strange privileged relationship with SYRIZA and its President”.

Rammos’ letter reportedly revealed declassified evidence of legal ties to six people: a minister from November 2020 to January 2021 and five military officers from July 2020 to May 2022. The names of the persons affected by the declassification have not been released. Their properties are described as, according to ADAE sources, any other links are contrary to the provisions of the Personal Data Law. As to the basis for the declassification, reference is made to national security reports.

A government spokesman confirmed that the government was supporting a Justice investigation to fully clarify the connections and that they were not known to him. Prime Minister And her government. Regarding the actions and choices of Mr. Rammos, Mr. Oikonomou said that in violation of the law, he approached mobile operators, although ADAE keeps a full file with the privacy withdrawal provisions in his files, exceeding his authority he applied to participate in Institutions Committee and ignored the ADAE Plenary when making decisions. In addition, he attributed to him that although the leaders and the President of SYRIZA were often communicated, communication with the Prime Minister was never sought. “What the head of ADAE has been doing for a long time is a grave mistake,” said Mr. Economou, who also urged Mr. Alexis Tsipras “to reflect on his public duties.”

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The sharp reaction of the government, accusing the president of ADAE of “a strange privileged relationship with SYRIZA and its president.”

Mr. Rammos’ letters to the Speaker of Parliament, the parties and the Minister of Justice follow the information to SYRIZA President Alexis Tsipras, who left the meeting with Mr. Rammos yesterday holding a file. ADAE sources say the contents of the file are exactly the same as what was sent by the President of the Office to other recipients. As for the list of recipients, the same sources add that these are institutions to which the Independent Authorities are accountable under the Constitution. “We considered it wrong to inform only Mr. Tsipras – although he submitted a request – but all state entities,” the statement reads.

Mr. Androulakis

PASOK President, Nikos Androulakisreceived a letter from the head of ADAE, accused the ruling majority of not legally informing Parliament on this issue, and added that “all this represents a slide into authoritarianism and exposes the country at the international level”, calling on the prime minister to “respond to ruthless questions that arise regarding the rule of law and our national security” and “to immediately inform the Parliamentary Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the results of the ADAE investigation.”

The Governor also requested an extraordinary convening of the Committee on Institutions and Transparency. KKE member Dimitris Koutsoubas, who called on the Prime Minister and the government to give explanations and assume their responsibilities. “No one is going to avoid this imposition of responsibility, not even the N.D. government, nor those parties like SYRIZA that put their signature on this institutional structure of “dirt”, surveillance, authoritarianism and cover-up,” the state minister stressed. KKE.

Hellenic Solution emphasizes in a statement that “the President of ADAE shall inform Parliament, as determined by his constitutional duty, of all the findings of the Office.”

Double intervention Al. Tsipras in presidential, parliamentary

Antonis Anzoletou

On January 13, “K” published that Mr. Alexis Tsipras plans to inform the President of the Republic on the issue monitoring. Leaving the presidential palace, the President of SYRIZA stated that “the Prime Minister of Eavesdropping, Subversion and Cover-Up must in any case assume his inherent political responsibilities. And he should do what any other prime minister in a European country, under the European rule of law, would do: resign.” In very harsh terms, the President of SYRIZA spoke of the criminal network that operated in the Maximos Palace and was led by the Prime Minister himself. Yannis Oikonomou responded that “with today’s Mr. Tsipras raving outside the Presidential Palace, the planning that had been going on for several months has been completed. Based on material that has long been at the disposal of dirty networks, he proceeds to unsubstantiated, far-fetched and completely wrong conclusions.

Critical meeting

According to with information from “K”, immediately after meeting with Christos Rammos at the ADAE office, where he was briefed on the results of the investigation and received the relevant file, Mr. Tsipras called for a three-hour meeting with members of the political planning department and communications staff. Everyone agreed that the fact that there is now an official document certifying investments is a “big” issue, and the possibility of a vote of no confidence in SYRIZA was discussed. This was reported to “K” by a participant in the meeting. that the “logical consequence” of the discussion and the lack of disagreement was the motion of a vote of no confidence. After all, this is where the criticism that has been voiced so far ends, they stressed. The former prime minister will make the final decisions, and sources in the party and parliament do not refute or confirm this information. Alexis Tsipras will speak during the discussion of the draft law of the Ministry of Health.

Executive Director K.O. who spoke with “K” and hesitating with this initiative, he stressed that the majority would then take the opportunity to “open” the debate on other issues more “convenient” for him. The majority, of course, exaggerated and recalled that Alexis Tsipras on December 8 called on the Prime Minister to promise that he would resign if surveillance of ministers and army officers was proven. Government officials were positive about this possibility, arguing that: a) we will compare our conditions in sum at all levels, b) the ND will unite again, c) the disappeared Mr. Tsipras will tell us about the bags of money. heard before the Special Court.

When asked what the leader of the official opposition would say from the hall of parliament, the president’s associates replied: “Alexis Tsipras is institutional and is not going to pronounce names either on the sidewalk or in television studios. , except when it should be in the Parliament Hall in the Temple of the Republic.” Katerina Sakellaropoulou, at a meeting with Alexis Tsipras, said: “The Constitution and laws provide for a procedure for removing secrecy, as well as informing interested parties. At a time when we are experiencing, which is especially important, and in the international environment in which we find ourselves, the competent authorities are obliged to protect both the good of national security and the rights of citizens. It’s a difficult balance, it has costs, but of course it’s necessary.”