He cleared up the situation at the right end of the political spectrum after his decision yesterday. Supreme Court which he was banned from participating in the upcoming elections party “Hellenes” from Ilias Casidiariswhile he would normally be involved in the election campaign for EAN Party by Anastasios Kanellopoulos.

The ruling in favor of the Kasidiaris party was passed by a one-vote minority, as the Areopagite Fotis Mouzakis voted against on the grounds that the recent law, in his opinion, was unconstitutional.

On the contrary, it was unanimously decided that the EAN party of the honorary deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court Anastasios Kanellopoulos would participate in the elections, and in total – together with the Kasidiaris party – 14 politicians were (mostly) cut off for formal reasons. , in a Supreme Court scrutiny by formations from smaller parties such as Patriotic Union Emfetsoglu – Bogdanparty of the former independent Nikos Nikolopoulos and others.

Convicted former member of A.A. after the decision, he declared that “the democratic state is finally overthrown and half a million Greeks are deprived of the supreme right to vote for the party of their choice. The National Party – Hellenes has become an illegal target, because it is the most honest and pure party on the domestic political scene. We anticipated this unprecedented diversion and are fully prepared for the next day.”

For her part, the lawyer for Vaso Pantazis stated that her client would not support any other political formation in the upcoming elections, while she stated that from today Wednesday, the next steps of Ilias Kasidiaris will be announced mainly at the legal level.

According to “K”the Greek party was cut off for two reasons: as stated in the reasoning of the decision, Ilias Kasidiaris was sentenced to many years in prison (13 years) for the crime of a criminal organization, as an A.A. political executor, and therefore he is prohibited from participating in the electoral process, even if he is convicted by a court of first instance, and not by an irrevocable decision.

Moreover, as stated in the decision, which even Ilias Kasidiaris himself did not contradict, he is the real leader of his party, which is prohibited by law due to his criminal record.

As stated in the decision, which Ilias Kasidiaris did not contradict, he is the real leadership of the party.

Conversely, for the EAN side the decision was based on the fact that no facts and evidence had been found that directly contradicted the recently adopted law.

However, on the EAN side, 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 had publicly stated that he would lead Kasidiaris. party, which did not happen. This element, although carefully evaluated –according to “K”– according to the decision of the court, it was not possible to cut the side of the IF.

With regard to the recent legislative decrees passed by Parliament (ND and PASOK) to prohibit convicted A.A. to participate in the elections, the supreme judges, with the exception of the Areopagite Fotis Muzakis, who voted against, spoke in favor of the constitutionality of the provisions under consideration.

In particular, as stated in the rationale of the nine judges who ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Kasidiaris party, the provisions of the latter law are considered to be in accordance with the Constitution and current legislation, while the same is considered in accordance with the constitutional provisions and arrangements according to which all judges, participants in the Department A1 of the Supreme Court were empowered to judge the legality of the participation of parties in the elections, and not just five, as was the case until now.

The rationale for the decision is multi-page, only 400 pages, and after the resignation of vice-president Christos Tzanerikos, the chairman of the judicial formation of the Department A1 of the Supreme Court became the oldest Areopagite Evdokia Kiupsidu and members of the competent judges, including Ioanna Klapa, who followed the case of A.A.

Reaction to Varoufakis

George Burdaras

Feelings and reactions mainly from N.D. and the KKE provoked a statement by Janis Varoufakis that the formation created by the prisoner Ilias Kasidiaris under the guise of a party should not be excluded from the elections. In an interview with the head of MeRA25 (Mega), when asked if Kasidiari’s party should be expelled, he said: “No, I say this with a heavy heart. It is never a solution for those who want to harm Democracy for you to mutilate it on their behalf. We must win over people who succumb to Nazism, because they have a rage about everything that is happening that they cannot express in any other way. Minister of State and government spokesman A.Skertzos pointed out: “They are fishing in the troubled waters of the voters of the Kasidiaris party, without taking a responsible, honest and courageous position on whether enemies of democracy and criminal organizations can be in parliament.” In “Rhizospasti”, on the contrary, it was noted that “G. Varoufakis, in yet another dangerous and adventurous role, staged an anti-system “advertisement” against Kasidiaris in the name of “defending democracy.”