By nine votes to one, the party founded by the convict, a former member of the ASA, was excluded from the upcoming elections. Ilias CasidiarisThis was stated by the Supreme Court, which checked the legality of the participation of parties in the parliamentary elections.

As became known, only one member of the Court, Mr. Fotis Mouzakis, abstained, arguing for the unconstitutionality of the recently adopted law.which banned those convicted of serious crimes, including criminal organizations such as Ilias Casidiaris, from participating in elections.

The judiciary, which judged the legitimacy of the participation of parties in the upcoming elections, was presided over by the oldest Areopagite, Eudokia Kiuptsidou, and, by virtue of a recent law, all members of Division A1 of the Supreme Court participated in it.

After the announcement of the decision, Ilias Kasidiaris said: “Tonight the democratic state was finally overthrown and half a million Greeks are deprived of the supreme right to vote for the party of their choice. The Greek National Party has become an illegal target because it is the most honest and purest party on the domestic political scene. We have anticipated this unprecedented diversion and are fully prepared for the next day. My official announcements will take place tomorrow night.”

The lawyer of Ilias Kasidiaris Vaso Pantazis, after the court decision, among other things, stated that its principal will not support another political formation and that tomorrow the lawsuits taken by the party of the Hellenes will be announced.

The party of Kanellopoulos “passed”.

However, the EAN party, founded by the honorary Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Anastasios Kanellopoulos, passed the legality check. The decision was made unanimously by all ten members of department A1.

For the EAN party, in its memorandum, PASOK demanded that the real relationship between Kasidiaris and Kanellopoulos be examined, which was done ex officio by the court, highlighting the fact that Mr. Kanellopoulos, before deciding to apply as leader of his party, IF he publicly stated that he would lead the party of Casidiaris, which ultimately did not happen.

This element, although it was appreciated, could not reduce the EAN party, since its candidates were not convicted of serious crimes, and even more so for a criminal organization, and it also did not turn out that Ilias Casidiaris was its real leader.

Overall, from a formal and substantive review by the Supreme Court 14 political formations were reduced for various reasons. Only the party of Casidiaris was reduced for significant reasons by a recent law..

Scherzos: Enemies of the Republic remain out of Parliament

government representative, Akis Shertsos, continued the following statement: “The decision of Section A1 of the Supreme Court to exclude from the upcoming elections the party of Ilias Kasidiaris, who was convicted of leading a criminal organization, is a complete justification for the government that stood in the first place and took the necessary measures to deter the enemies of the Republic. The Supreme Court has solemnly ruled that criminal organizations under the guise of a political party are unacceptable in the electoral process. We all have a duty to defend democracy. The 300-page memorandum we presented at Areio Pago, along with audiovisual material proving the actions of Ilias Kasidiaris as the true leader of the party, also contributed to today’s historic decision. Unfortunately, in this heyday of democracy’s self-defense against its detractors, there were no left-wing political forces claiming to be against fascism. SYRIZA and MeRA25 have taken the path of bilingualism and hypocrisy together, abstaining both from the adoption of fundamental provisions and from the submission of the corresponding memorandum. With half-hearted arguments and many “yes but buts”, they decided to “fish” in troubled waters, but their goals are crystal clear to the citizens. We are all judged not only by what we say, but mostly by what we do. And we did our duty to the Republic, as we should have.”

Announcement PASOK – KINAL

“We respect the decision of the court. We must, however, note that if our proposal for a single memorandum of the parties of the democratic arc, which would cover both the “Hellenes” party and the “EAN” party, were carried out, as we asked in our own memorandum to the Areopagus, perhaps , our legal position regarding the signs regarding the ban of the “IF” party was much stronger. Unfortunately, PASOK-Movement for Change was also the only one in this quest to defend democracy and institutions: the ND in its own multi-page memorandum did not ask for the absence of the EAN party, and SYRIZA did not even file a memorandum with the Supreme Court.