EYP head, top prosecutor summoned to House panel over wiretapping case

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The caput of Greece’s quality bureau EYP, Themistoklis Demiris, and Supreme Court Prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas, person been summoned to a proceeding astatine the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee connected May 20, implicit the wiretapping scandal.

The summons came aft the absorption parties submitted requests.

Demiris’ proceeding is planned for 9 a.m. down closed doors, citing information concerns, and will beryllium attended by the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos. Tzavellas will look astatine 1 p.m.

The topic of the proceeding of the top tribunal authoritative relates to “operational issues of justness with the purpose of enhancing transparency.”

Earlier this month, Tzavellas declined a request by a little Athens tribunal to analyse charges including espionage and amerciable organisation of surveillance software. The single-judge tribunal had earlier convicted 4 businessmen linked to an Israeli spyware vendor, sentencing them to a combined 126 years and 8 months. Investigations into alleged perjury proceed astatine the little authoritative level.