Unexpectedly, the decision of the Special Court is also expected today, where the case of the accused former minister in the governments of SYRIZA-ANEL, Dimitris Papagelopoulos, is expected, who is mainly accused of interfering with the work of specific prosecutors. The decision of the Special Court is due at 5:00 pm on Saturday, although there are estimates from judicial sources that it is possible that the court, which includes 13 chief judges, has not decided all the issues and will return. next Monday or another day for a final decision.

The Special Court, with former Minister Dimitris Papagelopoulos as the main defendant, in addition to accusations against him of interfering in specific cases when he was the Deputy Minister of Justice, also dealt with an abuse of power case with him as a moral criminal and his associate. – Defendant prosecutor Eleni Tulupakis, who served as head of the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office. The accusation against them concerns Eleni Tulupaki’s failure to forward to Parliament further complaints from KINAL against SYRIZA Ministers of Health Panagiotis Kurumplis and Andreas Xanthus regarding drug billing.

However, for Dimitris Papagelopoulos, as well as for prosecutor Eleni Tulupaki, the proposal of the prosecutor of the Special Court, Olga Smirlis, was acquitted, since in her application she argued that it did not follow from the lengthy trial that they had committed crimes. for which they were judged.

The decision in the case of Dimitris Papagelopoulos, if passed today, will close the head of the special courts that were created by the highest judges and tried the ministers of the SYRIZA-ANEL government, as will the decision on former minister Nikos Pappe, who was unanimously sentenced to two years of suspended prison three years for participation in a tender for television licenses.

His unanimous condemnation sparked a bitter political confrontation, and the removal of MP Pavlos Polakis over the decision, with orders from judges, journalists and other political figures, provoked a storm of reactions from judicial associations and a flurry of political condemnations. . Pavlos Polakis, by decision of the official opposition party, will not run for parliament and has already been referred to the ethics committee of his party for further consideration.

Background

But how did we achieve a unanimous conviction of the former Minister Nikos Pappus, not even finding one of the 13 highest judges who would agree with the acquittal proposal of Olga Smyrlis, the accuser of the trial?

How a court delivered its first unanimous verdict on former minister Nikos Pappe.

According to with information “K” from judicial sourcesfor the unanimity of the decision, which happens for the first time in the Special Court, first of all weighed the established will – the indictment, which was not shaken during the process.

The conduct of the trial by the Areopagite Joanna Klapa, an experienced judge, also facilitated the organization of the trial and the examination of witnesses, so that the supreme judges could conveniently form a detailed opinion on all issues considered by the Special Court. Court.

Also, according to information, the fact of preparing the court also played a role in the unanimity of the decision, since for two whole days, before the decision was made, its members held marathon conferences. Interestingly, the youngest judges voted first, then the deputy chairmen of the supreme courts, and finally, the president of the Areopagite court, John Klapa. The chief judges’ vote, as expected, was made public by their statement of guilt, sentences and other matters.

As for the proposal of prosecutor Smyrlis, which was completely and unanimously rejected, this was done because the judges decided that it was not based on the data that appeared during the trial. The judges also unanimously voted for businessman Christos Kalogritsa, whose complaints against Nikos Pappa were recognized by the court as true and for this he was sentenced to a fine of 5,000 euros for “weasel”.

However, for imposing on Nikos Papp the maximum sentence provided for by law, two years in prison, judicial sources noted that his position of not appearing in court and talking about a “political process” was considered to be discrediting justice.

Diamantis deposit

Of political interest, however, is the unanimous decision of the Special Court, which opens a new chapter in the investigation, to forward the testimony of Christos Kalogritsa’s secretary, Ethalia Diamantis, who testified before the Special Court, to the public prosecutor for further investigation. that “envelopes and bags of money left the Kalogrits office towards the SYRIZA party.” The transfer of Diamanti’s testimony to the prosecutor will not happen immediately, but after the decision of the Special Court is ready, which is expected to happen after Easter.