He raised the issue of the unconstitutionality of the latest amendments to the electoral law Areo Pago his lawyer Ilias CasidiarisVaso Pantazis, asking that the preliminary question be forwarded to the competent European institutions.

In particular, the lawyer submitted to the Political Section A1 of the Supreme Court a memorandum in which she argues that the amendments to article 32 of PD 26/2012 are unconstitutional in many respects, and for this reason the Supreme Court should not apply it.

In addition, the lawyer asks to send the relevant preliminary question to the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Her announcement in detail:

“Late last night, our law firm submitted a memorandum to Division A1 of the Supreme Court in support of its decision to announce the unification of the Hellenic National Party candidates in the upcoming election process on May 21st. Our memorandum documented the unconstitutionality of the repeatedly amended provision of Article 32 of Presidential Decree 26/2012 and, for this reason, the need for it not to be applied by the Supreme Court.

We are convinced that our memorandum will help the judges of the Supreme Court of our country in making a fair decision that will not violate the right to be elected, the presumption of innocence, the freedom of expression of the voters and the country’s obligations to international and European treaties with us. On the basis of the latter, we requested that a preliminary or quasi-preliminary question be sent to the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union for a credible interpretation of the objection to the provision from the supra-legislative provision, before the implementation of the provision, and not after it.