PASOK Leader: Mitsotakis is 'Dangerous' and Must Resign

ATHENS, Greece – In a fiery parliamentary address, Nikos Androulakis, the leader of PASOK-Kινήμα Αλλαγής, unleashed a severe critique against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, labeling him "dangerous" and asserting that his resignation is necessary for the country and its democracy to "breathe." Androulakis's strong condemnation followed the prosecutor's decision to archive the wiretapping case, an act he decried as a "disgrace to democracy." He also pointed to the repeated failure of the Conference of Presidents to appoint heads for three Independent Authorities as further evidence of governmental dysfunction.

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Mr. Mitsotakis is dangerous and must resign for the country to breathe, for democracy to breathe.

Androulakis specifically targeted the Supreme Court prosecutor, accusing the leadership of undermining the judiciary's prestige by refusing to conduct even the most basic investigative actions. He highlighted the prosecutor's failure to summon Mr. Dillian, who had stated that the Predator spyware is sold exclusively to states and state agencies, questioning why such crucial evidence was ignored. Drawing a parallel to international incidents, Androulakis questioned whether Mitsotakis had inquired during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron about the potential consequences if French military leaders had been targeted by such spyware, implying a lack of resolve in addressing national security threats.

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The leadership of the Supreme Court insulted and undermined the prestige of Justice by refusing to take the minimum investigative action and by not summoning Mr. Dillian to present the evidence he himself referred to, saying that 'the Predator software is sold only to states and state agencies'.

"You give us patriotic lessons, when for the most basic issues of national security you act like 'chickens' in the face of blackmail from a retired Israeli officer," Androulakis declared, referencing the alleged spyware scandal. He vowed that PASOK would initiate the formation of an investigative committee in the coming days to address what he termed the "paracratos" – a state-within-a-state allegedly established by Mitsotakis and his associates. "Political change will bring catharsis and restore the rule of law," he asserted, accusing the ruling New Democracy party of replicating, and even worsening, the actions of the previous SYRIZA government. Androulakis concluded by condemning what he described as the "Maximos Gate system's" propaganda machine, which allegedly uses fake social media accounts to attack political opponents, citing the case of a social media account administrator he identified as a "blue troll" and a close associate of a government official.

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You give us patriotic lessons, when for the most basic issues of national security you act like 'chickens' in the face of blackmail from a retired Israeli officer.