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Themis Sofos announced some time ago his resignation as Vice President of the Athens Bar Association.
The placement of the renowned criminologist on the Board of Directors of the DSA tonight, where the issue that has arisen with the birthday party of Dimitris Vervesos was raised, led to a resignation statement, which, as Themis Sofos said, met the president of the DSA a few days ago. .
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“Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to inform you that, three weeks ago, I made available to the President my resignation from the post of Vice President of the DSA, considering that a highly productive cycle of cooperation and offer in the legal field has been closed. body, delivery of functioning law firms, continuous effort to improve the operating conditions of the courts and uninterrupted effort of scientific education, training and specialization of lawyers. As a member of the DSA Board of Directors, I will continue to be at the forefront of the fight and representing the Illustrious Bar Association ”, were the words with which Mr. Sofos presented his resignation.
However, before reaching the resignation statement, the vice president of the DSA until recently provided a shield of protection to D. Vervesos, although, as he pointed out, the images of the party in full quarantine exposed the body of the bar “irreparably “. “Once the president apologizes, it must be accepted as sincere.” The apology is an honest act, “concluded Mr. Sofos.
Earlier, the leader of the official opposition Dimitris Anastasopoulos pointed out that on the one hand there should be a renouncement of the mentalities and logics that have repeatedly set the bar in a difficult position and on the other hand there should be proposals for an institutional shield. and the institution of the president of the DSA.
At the same time, Thanassis Kampagiannis, who had run for the election with the combination “Alternative Intervention-Overturning the Law”, harshly criticized.
So far, the resignation of D. Vervesos has not been questioned, who at the beginning of the meeting was content to repeat what he published yesterday on Facebook, since he is involved in criminal and disciplinary investigations.
DSA Board of Directors meeting continues.
The following is the full position of Th. Sofos:
“The Athens Bar Association has a long democratic tradition. From its founding until today, the DSA, as the first and largest bar association in the country, has come a long way in public life, closely linked to political developments. and social. Scientific association and at the same time trade union body, the DSA, today represents thousands of lawyers. Its historical course reflects the gradual expansion of the legal profession and at the same time reflects the significant role of its representatives and their different and numerous functions in Greek society. The Association’s action was inextricably linked to the people who undertook to represent it by participating in its Board of Directors. Most of them actively participated in the political and social life of the country, in a series of cultural and social associations and scientists. Among them are distinguished lawyers who have linked their lives to the defense of individual rights and collectives.
In the context of this long democratic tradition, there is no doubt that the image given on 11/20/2020 with the behavior of colleagues in the office of the Presidency of the DSA explicitly exposes the bar. This behavior will be judged by the competent judicial and disciplinary bodies and any reference to it will be considered irrelevant. The position imposed by the current historical moment is the expression of the explicit and categorical opposition to the judged conducts and the externalization of the opposition to Greek society, which all lawyers serve in the practice of law according to the Bar Code , as collaborators of justice.
Furthermore, you are aware of the political disagreements I have with the president of the DSA, but you also know that when we disagreed, it was made public, as well as publicly agreeing and cooperating on institutional matters. But I will not question your diligence, because we have been cooperating honestly every day for the last three years on most institutional issues, which we constantly resolve with the sole interest of the body we represent. I must tell you that, as it seems, while elected councilors rushed publicly on social media and in the press, with loud statements, to demand the resignation of the President, they did not find the same courage to demand it directly during the discussion at this Board. Did something change your mind? I see an elected colleague playing videos of a private moment on social media, thereby satisfying his cannibal instincts or personal political ambitions, in an obvious alliance with journalists: MPs and party factions. I also wonder, if the colleague accepts the order of a citizen who was harmed by the publication of a video, will he answer that he cannot take it because he does not believe that it is worthy of the protection of the Law?
Today I heard the President respond that the elected colleague who complains about him publicly invited friends, to his party, to his office to discuss them. Isn’t this part of the same behavior as against the law? And, of course, this claim is not compensated, as has been heard. And I say that, not because I’m looking for if he did it right or not, but because obviously this is also a human moment, a private moment.
Furthermore, I do not agree with the opinion supported here by an elected colleague that there is no private moment in the office of the president of the DSA Such a point of view would only be supported by authoritarian regimes, because the human being is deprived of the inalienable right to personality, the right to be human. The question that arises in this case is how far this private moment can go and I believe that we will not agree on these limits. And we will not agree, because I firmly believe that this place is sacred, it comes from the DSA story by Esslin and Raktivan and extends to Zafeiropoulos, Polydoras, Takis Pappas, Roupakiotis, Paxinos, Adamopoulos, Alexandris, and one must show respect to the office of the president of the Athens Bar Association. Respect in Greek society, which faces daily deaths and thousands of cases.
Ladies and gentlemen, the sea wants respect. Knowing my views on the apology, I declare to you that once the President has apologized, it should be accepted as sincere.
Apologizing is an honest act.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to inform you that, three weeks ago, I have made my resignation from the post of Vice President of the DSA available to the President, considering that a highly productive cycle of cooperation and offer to the Judiciary has been closed. , delivery of functioning law firms, continuous effort to improve the operating conditions of the courts and uninterrupted effort of scientific training, training and specialization of lawyers. As a member of the DSA Board of Directors, I will continue to be at the forefront of the fight and representation of the Bar Association. “
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