Ilias Kasidiaris successful the entreaty of the lawsuit “Golden Dawn” stated that helium condemned the execution Pavlos Fyssasbut “he himself is not liable for what happened.”
Appeal of the lawsuit “Golden Dawn”: presumption Ilyas Kasidiaris
Meeting of the Five-Member Court of Appeal connected the lawsuit “Golden Dawn” continued with the testimony of a erstwhile lawman Ilyas Kasidiarissentenced astatine archetypal lawsuit to 13 years successful prison. He sought to region himself from the crimes of the organization, successful places presenting himself arsenic something repentantThat unjustly convicted.
According to him, “heinous transgression acts took place“, committed “even by enactment supporters”, but helium himself “did not carnivore immoderate responsibility” Kasidiaris condemned the execution Pavlos Fyssas and an onslaught connected Egyptian fishermen, and called his harsh nationalist language, attached to the lawsuit arsenic imaginable calls for violence, “distorted” oregon “not his“
Link to the presumption of the prosecutor’s bureau of archetypal instance
Answering the essence of the accusation, helium referred to the decision of the superior authoritative Adamantium Ikonomouwhich, arsenic helium emphasized, “conducted a criminal-legal, alternatively than a political-social assessment.” According to his interpretation, “these were isolated incidents” And “no grounds established his participation” “I used harsh governmental phrases successful public, but they were not susceptible of creating a telephone for violence“, helium said.
When asked astir the relation of the “instructor” successful the organization, Kasidiaris countered: “Who precisely did I teach?“, adding that successful the lawsuit materials “there is thing similar that” He particularly noted that his companion was not questioned arsenic a cardinal witness Pavlos Fyssaswhose testimony helium called “critical“
Fyssas execution and “double condemnation”
According to Kasidiaris, the decease Pavlos Fyssas helium recovered retired “the adjacent day” from journalists’ inquiries, archetypal from the “football-related” version. When asked by the tribunal whether helium knew that Georgios Roupakias was associated with “Golden Dawn”and there were members of the section compartment successful the Nikiya area, helium replied: “Of people I didn’t know” “I said that the execution of Fyssas was the “murder of the Golden Dawn.” This transgression is disgusting due to the fact that a compatriot died, and adjacent much disgusting for maine personally due to the fact that the perpetrator turned retired to beryllium a subordinate of the organization. It “killed” maine too; I spent six years successful prison. I condemn this each the time“, helium said.
“If I could turn backmost time”: astir expanding the web of offices
Kasidiaris admitted that today “regrets» astir the widespread opening of offices “Golden Dawn”: “We’ve mislaid control. Everything that I acquisition today arsenic a national is simply a effect of this expansion.“
About the “Political instrumentalization” of the lawsuit and interventions
He accused opponents of “political instrumentalization» verdict and indictment, citing the story of the erstwhile president of the Supreme Court Christos Zanerikos and his statements astir “pressure” to forestall Kasidiaris’s enactment from participating successful the elections: “On the 1 hand, there are disgusting crimes for which I, arsenic a deputy, americium not responsible; connected the different hand, interference successful justice, besides criminal“
Controversy implicit “military training” and symbolism
When asked by the president astir the alleged “military training,” helium answered sharply: “Never participated. If you person proof, amusement it!“According to him, pictures successful camouflage notation to classes Reserve Officers League with support from the Ministry of Defense. Regarding the uniform look astatine events successful Meligalasehe recognized the thought arsenic his: “It was my “brilliant” idea, which I regretted galore times. I personally lone wore a achromatic T-shirt arsenic a “recognizable sign”“
He concluded by insisting that his nationalist statements were not “rhetoric of hatred“, and tearing retired idiosyncratic phrases “distorts the meaning” The tribunal will proceed to analyse the grounds and measure the defense’s arguments arsenic portion of the entreaty successful the lawsuit “Golden Dawn”.
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