The leader of PASOK-Movement of Change, Nikos Androulakis, will address European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday, at the special session of the Plenary, to discuss the wiretapping scandal and freedom of the press in Greece.
WIRETAPPING
Ambassador Ioannis Raptakis and Lieutenant-General Georgios Kellis have been appointed deputy chiefs of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), following a decision of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Greece’s conservative government on Friday survived, as expected, a vote of no confidence put forward by the leftist opposition over a wiretapping scandal targeting politicians, army top brass and journalists.
Greece’s conservative prime minister on Friday defended the legality of the wiretaps undertaken by the national intelligence service (EYP), after the leftist opposition leader described him as a “danger to the nation” for his role in the case that has rattled his administration.
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s leftist opposition, on Friday urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to provide answers about his alleged role in the wiretapping scandal that has rattled his conservative government.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is heading for a showdown with main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras in Parliament ahead of a no-confidence vote in the government over the country’s wiretap scandal Friday.
Greece’s ruling conservatives and the leftist opposition clashed in Parliament Thursday ahead of a no-confidence vote Friday.
The censure motion submitted against the government by main opposition SYRIZA is seen as a dress rehearsal of upcoming national elections, with increased polarization and toxicity.
The head of Greece’s largest opposition party submitted a censure motion against the conservative government on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of orchestrating mass wiretaps of political allies and foes.
The head of the privacy watchdog investigating the wiretapping affair has responded to criticism from the government which Tuesday accused him of overstepping his institutional boundaries.
The initiative of the chief of the state’s privacy watchdog (ADAE), Christos Rammos, to send a letter Tuesday to the house speaker, party leaders and the justice minister, regarding the investigation of his agency into the wiretapping affair, triggered a sharp response from the government.
The privacy watchdog chairman investigating the wiretapping affair is seeking to become “a political factor in a sensitive period” and is overstepping his institutional responsibilities, government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said.
Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has expressed his “deep concern about phenomena that disrupt the orderly functioning of the state,” referring to the wiretapping issue, in a meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the presidential mansion.
The chief of the state’s privacy watchdog has sent a letter to the parliamentary speaker, party leaders and the justice minister regarding the investigation of his agency into the wiretapping affair.
Greece’s privacy watchdog has asked to brief the parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee on its findings regarding its investigation of the wiretapping scandal.
Officers from the police’s cybercrime division have raided the home of a female suspect connected to the Predator spyware scandal.
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