By Panagiotis Stathis
In its decision, the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court speaks of impermissible and direct interference in the work of the Greek judicial authorities regarding the Resolution of the European Parliament on the rule of law in our country.
The Plenary of the Supreme Court decided, by a majority of 49 and 13 against, that the things referred to in the Resolution constitute a direct interference in the work of the Greek judiciary, while 13 judges argued that the issue is political and cannot be answered by the Supreme Court.
According to information, during the meeting of the Administrative Plenary of the supreme court, where the highest judges participated, the Areopagite Panagiotis Lymberopoulos proposed all the issues mentioned in the resolution and starting with the investigation on Tempi, he noted that the judiciary has significantly advanced the investigations but and that as far as politicians are concerned, the competence belongs to the Parliament.
Regarding the manipulations in the wiretapping case, he spoke of impermissible interference in the work of Justice, while regarding the case of Zak Kostopoulos, he commented that the perpetrators have been convicted in the first instance and the appellate court is ongoing.
Regarding the appointment of the leadership of the Supreme Courts by the respective government, Mr. Lymberopoulos emphasized that it is provided for by the Constitution, while he rejected as vague and unsubstantiated the complaints about the investigations into the fatal shipwreck off Pylos.
His suggestion was similar for dealing with victims of rape and sexual violence, arguing that the prosecutor’s office handles every complaint, there is a special prosecutor for minors and the prosecutor’s office appoints prosecutors to handle special issues for minors, cases of domestic violence and trafficking.
In conclusion, the rapporteur spoke of a resolution that adopts questionable data and conclusions that do not result from research, but from quoting false information.
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