Trying to shake off criticism of the defiant court decision regarding the tragedy in Mati six years after the deadly fires in eastern Attica, the governing majority once again invoked the revision of the 2019 codes, wanting to place the political blame on the SYRIZA government . With the argument of a “dispute”, Pavlos Marinakis, Makis Voridis, Giorgos Floridis and Kyriakos Mitsotakis deliberately overlooked that the punishments-caress of the Tripartite Criminal Court of Athens are based on a provision of the Criminal Code which dates back to the middle of the 20th century, something that was also pointed out by President of the Athens Bar Association Dimitris Vervesos.
The beginning was made by the government representative with his post on social media on Monday night. “In this particular case, the Criminal Code that was passed in 2019 by the then SYRIZA government, shortly before it left power, was applied. Why; Because of necessity, each defendant is tried on the basis of the most lenient legislation that has been in force – even for one day – from the time of his act until the irrevocable adjudication of the decision. Therefore, the changes made by the ND government to the Criminal Code – which the opposition did not vote for – both during the first four-year period, and during the second, a few months ago, were legally impossible to apply to the case in question” Paul said, among others. Marinakis, even bypassing the fact that the last amendment of the PK by G. Floridis is in force from May 1st.
M. Voridis took the baton on Tuesday, who, after conveniently clarifying that “we cannot comment on judicial decisions”, added that after Mati, SYRIZA adopted an “approach of a more lenient Criminal Code”. At the same time, the Minister of Justice continued the merry-go-round of distortion in the plenary session of the Parliament during the discussion of the new judicial map by asking the members of the official opposition: “The code you voted in 2019 – a year after the tragedy in Mati, why? – the higher sentence of ten years in prison reduced to eight, so that when the base sentence is low it can be suspended in its entirety? What woe did you have about this provision?’
Misinformation orgy
The intensification of the attempt to misinform the public opinion was carried out by the prime minister. “The offenses in this particular case were judged on the basis of a more favorable framework which was in force at the time of SYRIZA. If they were judged according to the framework we voted for, the penalties would be more severe,” he said from the floor of the parliament, admitting that “indeed, there was a long delay.”
In fact, he gave indirect directions to the officials of the third authority in view of the appeals court. “Judgments for the Eye are not final or conclusive. They can, as long as the Court itself judges it – I repeat that it is the only one competent to do so –, be reviewed in a legal way. We should therefore wait, with the thought of course and the urge that national tragedies cannot become party tools with two standards and two standards” claimed the man who, in addition to comparing acres to coffins, had upgraded one of the six convicted for the eye.
“I refute Mitsotakis”
On the other hand, Sokratis Famellos denied the words of the prime minister. “I unequivocally refute Mr. Mitsotakis in what he said before, that the verdict of the Mati trial is linked to the Criminal Code of 2019. It is a very big and dangerous lie,” objected the president of the SYRIZA-PS Co-op and explained that “no there is the slightest change in the 2019 code change associated with the Eye decision. The only thing that is connected is that in the 2019 codes, SYRIZA legislated abolishing the buyout, thus legislating in favor of the serving of the sentence, because we said that the sentence must be served, while then the Floridis codes, which are indeed recent, have brought back the buyout . I mention it as an indication of political morality, not associating it with the serving of the sentence.”
“Liar by profession”
On Maundy Thursday it was the turn of Stefanos Kasselakis to deconstruct the lies of Mr. Mitsotakis. With his post, the president of the official opposition refuted “the professional lie of Mr. Mitsotakis” by quoting statements by the renowned jurist Vassilis Kapernaros, who quoted how “felonies were baptized misdemeanors in order to reach these sentences”, as well as a quote from posting of Supreme Court lawyer Vassilis Sotiropoulos but also statement of DSA president D. Vervesos on “how the ND changed the Criminal Code so that the guilty pay and go away”. “This Justice of impunity must change. And I promise you that it will change” he concluded.
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