The President of the Republic called it “a matter of democracy.” Katerina Sakellaropoulou his reward justice in a short time and with high quality, during her meeting with leading judicial figures in presidential palace. The Presidential Justice Briefing Hearing was held yesterday at her invitation, to which the leadership of the judiciary, representatives of the legal world and judicial workers responded. During the meeting of the President with leading figures of the judiciary, up-to-date information was provided on the problems of the entire spectrum of justice, and on issues related to the Legal Council of the State, information was provided by its chairman, Eugenia Veloni.

Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been informed that she is persecuting the judiciary without violating the constitutional limits on its role.

From the side of the leadership of the judiciary, in the presence of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts, Evangel Nikas from the Council of State, Maria Georgiou from the Supreme Court and Ioannis Sharma from the Court of Accounts, many issues related to the chronic failures of the judiciary, they also determine his decision, while The Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos, referred to the problems of criminal justice, which are large, as well as to the problematic aspects of certain legislative acts related to the handling of criminal cases.

Dimitris Vervezos, President of the Plenary of the Bars of the whole country and President of the Athens Bar, focused mainly on the issues of delays in the administration of justice, while Georgios Diamantis, President of the Federation of Judicial Officers, spoke about the huge gaps that exist in the judiciary with the resignation due to the withdrawal retired bailiffs who are not replaced. However, the general recognition of all the leading participants in the judiciary was that the President of the Republic has a special interest in the institution of the judiciary due to its long judicial path. Her message to the participants of the meeting was to have an honest dialogue about the situation in the judiciary in the perspective of solving its problems, while everyone noted that the President respectfully respects the constitutional framework of his role and limits himself to informing.