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Michalis Chrysochoidis apologized for the arrest of the nine women activists in Syntagma Square on World Day Against Violence against Women, who described the arrests as an “exaggeration”.
Exaggeration
“These ladies are right. I think it was an exaggeration that should not have been done, and I have to apologize for it. This exaggeration should not have happened,” stressed the Minister of Civil Protection, in statements to Realfm 97.8.
From there, Michalis Chrysochoidis defended the substantially unconstitutional ban on rallies by suspending Article 11 of the Constitution for its three days. Polytechnic, but also the violent dispersion of the audience in the Court of Appeals for the Golden Dawn trial, while it announced the use of cameras by the MAT and other ELAS bodies when the latter will operate against protesters.
“However, the fact that we did not write on the day of the Polytechnic was part of a policy of slight confrontation within the borders so that all parties deposited a wreath and held a small event. “But when this developed in a big way, then the state and the police reacted and did not tolerate it,” Chrysochoidis said, saying that “this ban had to be done, it was mandatory.
Decisions at the central level
The Minister of Civil Protection clarified that no rallies will be held on December 6, the anniversary of the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. “Decisions will be made at the central level, but my thinking is that there cannot be rallies and marches, like every year,” he said.
Cameras in MAT, OPKE and ACTION
Regarding the use of cameras by the MAT and the other police forces, the Minister of Citizen Protection stated:
“The case is over. All the legal and technical details have been regulated. I think that in the next few days the MAT will go out to the companies with a camera whose operation will be made known to those who demonstrate that recording will begin from now on” .
Mr. Chrysochoidis pointed out that this material will go to a place where it will be kept with all the rules and safeguards for personal data. “If it needs to be used for pre-trial purposes, it will obviously be used with the permission of the prosecutor,” he said.
“Other police teams, such as OPKE and DRASI, will carry cameras on their bodies, of another type, that will be used during their operations. “I believe this will contribute to the transparency of police operations and many problems will be solved,” he added.
New doctrine
Likewise, Michalis Chrysochoidis said that in the coming days there will be more announcements of demonstrations and rallies and spoke of a change in business doctrine.
“There will be a new business doctrine, we will give in to the use of chemical products. “There will be other softer things so that we can radically change all this operational dogma of the police that SYRIZA uses, which dumped 3 times more chemicals in a year than we have dumped in a year,” he said.
It is not transmitted abroad
Finally, Mr. Chrysochoidis referred to the cases of coronavirus in the Greek Police, saying that there are about 500.
“The police currently have around 500 cases. Few, I think, are counted on the fingers of one hand, they are hospitalized because they are young.” Unfortunately, the whole problem comes from a family and friendly environment, not from the work environment, “he said. the minister.
In fact, regarding the crowded images of the Police Forces during the days of the Polytechnic, Mr. Chrysochoidis stated that “the people who were developed in the Polytechnic, all wore masks, were scattered from each other according to a given instruction and were outside. The virus is not transmitted to the outside, to the atmosphere. The virus is transmitted to the interior. “Everything is done and very strict measures are taken and there are orders to the commanders of the services to comply with the measures.”
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