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The wiretapping scandal which shook our country is getting deeper 

12.09.2022

ABTTF President: “The scandal, which emerged when politicians and journalists belonging to opposition parties along with well-known names in the public opinion were illegally wiretapped, exposed the power of the deep state in our country in a way that is indisputable.”

The scandal that broke out in our country Greece when the National Intelligence Agency (EYP) affiliated to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis illegally wiretapped PASOK-KİNAL President and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nikos Androulakis and journalist Thanasis Koukakis with the spyware program ‘‘Predator’’ is growing day by day.

The French newspaper Libération, which discusses Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ visit to France, reports that the government’s violations against the rule of law continue in Greece, that some people are being systematically wiretapped, and that the latest victim of the wiretapping scandal is Christos Spirtzis from deputy from the main opposition party SYRIZA and former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport.

Spirtzis filed a criminal complaint with the Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos), indicating that there were attempts in wiretapping his mobile phone through the spyware programme ‘‘Predator’’ in November 2021.

Koukakis, a journalist who was wiretapped, noted that he was confident that many people like him in the country were being illegally wiretapped.

“The scandal, which emerged when politicians and journalists belonging to opposition parties along with well-known names in the public opinion were illegally wiretapped, exposed the power of the deep state in our country in a way that is indisputable. As the rule of law is being trampled in our country with the illegal wiretapping, our country continues to make the headlines all over the world negatively. On the other hand, the appointment of Marianthi Pagouteli, known for her far-right and anti-Semitic views, as the vice president of the Court of Cassation is a new example of cadre formation of far right at the top of the deep state in our country since the New Democracy Party came to power. When we consider all these events together, the question of whether the government intends to establish a system of mass control in the country comes to mind. I hope we are mistaken in our concerns”, said Halit Habip Oğlu, President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF). 

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