Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a “destabilising factor” for the country and citizens cannot stand his “authoritarian” attitude, senior socialist lawmaker Michalis Katrinis told EURACTIV after it was unveiled that the secret services bugged the phone of Greek socialist opposition leader and MEP Nikos Androulakis.
by Sarantis Michalopoulos
Part 2 - ‘Protecting’ the company which bought Predator
In July, the European Parliament services also found that there was an attempt to bug Androulakis’ phone with the illegal Predator spyware.
A couple of months earlier, it was revealed that journalist Thanasis Koukakis was targeted by Predator, another nail in the coffin of the country’s dismal media freedom record under Mitsotakis.
For Katrinis, the government is “protecting” the company that purchased the illegal surveillance spyware.
“A month after the scandal was revealed, no search has been made at the offices of the company that trades Predator,” Katrinis said, adding that the government has provided ample time for valuable evidence to disappear or be deleted.
A couple of months earlier, it was revealed that journalist Thanasis Koukakis was targeted by Predator, another nail in the coffin of the country’s dismal media freedom record under Mitsotakis.
For Katrinis, the government is “protecting” the company that purchased the illegal surveillance spyware.
“A month after the scandal was revealed, no search has been made at the offices of the company that trades Predator,” Katrinis said, adding that the government has provided ample time for valuable evidence to disappear or be deleted.
“It is clear that the government is trying to cover up the case, to keep the company that sells the illegal software in the dark so that it is not revealed who and how many have it, who they are monitoring, and whether and how they are connected to the government, something that should be investigated by the parliamentary inquiry committee,” he said.
The parliamentary inquiry committee started its works earlier this week, but all involved government officials refused to explain why Androulakis’ phone was bugged, invoking the “confidentiality” of the process.
The parliamentary inquiry committee started its works earlier this week, but all involved government officials refused to explain why Androulakis’ phone was bugged, invoking the “confidentiality” of the process.
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