Immediately, on Maundy Tuesday, Parliament will vote for him shortly before his dissolution in connection with the forthcoming electionsadditional decree brought by the government within its competence Supreme Court regarding the declaration of the parties that will take part in the parliamentary elections.

regulation, the content of which was disclosed by “K”imposes a judgment on the legality of the participation of the party in the elections at a plenary session of judges of the competent judicial composition of the Supreme Court.

In particular, it is provided that in order to control legitimacy of the parties who will apply for participation in the upcoming elections, the decision will be made by all the judges of division A1 of the Supreme Court, of which there are eleven in total, together with its chairman, Vice-President of the Supreme Court Christos Tzanerikos, an experienced bailiff.

Necessary Intervention

An additional provision for an increased number of judges was deemed necessary as, due to the election, the litigation would focus almost exclusively on a ban on the election of a party founded by a former member of the Golden Dawn who had been sentenced to many years in prison. Ilias Casidiaris.

The increase in the number of judges who will judge the electoral fate of the Kasidiaris party offers what is estimated to be additional evidence not to question any Supreme Court decision that will be called upon to apply a recent government law that provides additional safeguards to ensure that convicted AA leaders do not could enter parliament. who are serving multi-year sentences for participating in the criminal activities of the organization.

Additional regulations on the announcement of the parties that will take part in the elections by the plenary session of the collegium of the Supreme Court.

Judicial sources believe that the part of the decision that concerns the ban of Ilias Kasidiaris, who expressed his intention to stand as a candidate for deputy in the elections, will be critical in relation to his conviction by the court in the first court session, since this was not yet irreversible.

This issue worries the senior judges, who are to decide, since an irrevocable conviction in the future may be challenged in European courts on the grounds that the presumption of innocence has been violated. Thanks to an additional ruling submitted to parliament by the government, other bodies can still present the evidence they have through memos to control the legitimacy of parties.

However, the decisive decision of the Supreme Court for the Kasidiaris party will be made no later than May 5, when the announcement of the parties that will take part in the upcoming elections, which will begin in the Supreme Court, will be completed. from May 2.