The president of PaSoK, Nikos Androulakis, in his second speech today in the Parliament, said that “after the sophistry and acrobatics of Mr. Voridis, I really want to apologize because according to the minister, our founder Andreas Papandreou is ultimately responsible for covering up the wiretapping ! Really, “sorry”, because with Andreas Papandreou’s law – as Mr. Voridis says – we will never know the truth.
But what is the truth in the end? Is it a misdemeanor, Mr. Voridis, for private individuals to “nail” the Predator spy software to the head of the armed forces? You who represent the Prime Minister come and say it is a misdemeanor for a private individual to “pin” the Predator on the head of the country’s armed forces? Does your government have a bottom?’
“I heard Mr. Georgiadis bring up the story about interests again. We also heard it in the motion of no confidence, when you said that vested interests made the entire opposition file a motion of no confidence for the station master’s hacked conversations. In the morning you talked about interests and in the evening you were in the arms of interests, with the result that half of Maximus resigned again. You are one with vested interests, one with entanglement, one with corruption and one with cover-up in ongoing cases, as a result of which the trust of the Greek people towards the political system is constantly shaken. At your own risk. With the responsibility of New Democracy,” he added.
“You told us,” continued N. Androulakis, “that we are attacking the state. You implied it and your partner in LA.OS., Mr. Georgiadis, said it directly. Because we criticize the decisions of justice, – as you claim – we also attack democracy. How many times in the past have you criticized the decisions of the judiciary? We used to criticize together the decisions of the judiciary, towards Mr. Papagelopoulos.
With one difference: we are firm as a party on the bank of transparency, dignity, meritocracy and the orderly functioning of justice. What have you proven these last five years? Not only did you not heal the wounds of the previous period, but you opened worse ones, because your only concern is the chair and the power. And all the rest were wrappers. This is the New Democracy of Mr. Mitsotakis.”
“As democrats we say: those who judge are judged. We respect justice, but those who judge are also judged. It is not us who made continuous attacks on Mr. Rammos, the head of the independent authority. It was you, imitating the previous period as well!
Lessons on respect for institutions, democracy, justice, independent principles cannot be taught to anyone, because quite simply all that of which you accuse, you have done in an insolent manner and employing incredible sophistry” emphasized N. Androulakis.
“According to the Prime Minister and President of the New Democracy I am not a national danger, he apologized to me, I was a mistake in the history of wiretapping for the three months I was a candidate for the presidency of PaSoK. In fact, with an extension of the monitoring in November 2021, when our President Fofi Gennimata died and the date of the elections was postponed. You wanted to listen until the end, until the election.
I am not a national danger, according to the words of Mr. Mitsotakis, unless he is completely unreliable. Others; Your ministers? Does anyone feel the need to say how they feel today, when the Prosecutor of the EYP signed that they be monitored as “national risks”? How does half of New Democracy feel today? Here is another coincidence: those who were watched, you suddenly gave them more power, promoted them, made them ministers. Is Mr. Mitsotakis afraid after all? Is he vulnerable? Do we have a weak Prime Minister who gave those he targeted a bigger role than they had to shut them up?’ stated the President of PaSoK and concluded his rebuttal:
“The Greek people have a historical, democratic memory and be sure, all of you – the ministers of the New Democracy and your President Mr. Mitsotakis – that this dark page will remain in the memory of the Greek people. With all your names written. And those who are in ministerial positions and also those parliamentarians who applaud you without a conviction for the violation of human rights and the rule of law in the country in the year 2024”.
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