Violating confidentiality
In a democracy, there is no institution more deserving of protection than justice – except in Greece. A prime example is the way in which lawyers and the media violate the confidentiality of the judicial procedure. We have come to take for granted the fact that court evidence is made public by the defense attorneys without any reaction from the bar association or the prosecutor. How can a witness or suspect possibly have confidence in the institutions of justice when he or she knows that their testimony will be in the next day’s headlines? It’s equally sad to watch judiciary officials toying with the institutions by indulging in a game of leaks and speculation. Their job is to investigate, not to indulge in self-promotion. It’s time that the institutions dealing with interrogation by judiciary officials or independent bodies received their due respect. Public relations exercises cannot go hand-in-hand with secret interrogation.
