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SYRIZA and MERA25’s anger at lifting Polaki, Adamopoulou immunity. Deputies of the official opposition spoke of a “peculiar democratic deviation.”
Amid high tones and strong reactions from him. SYRIZA and DAY 25, has been voted in favor today by the plenary session of Parliament, the waiver of immunity of members Pavlou Polaki and Angeliki Adamopoulou.
Specifically, 184 deputies voted in favor of lifting P. Polakis’ immunity, while against 109. For Ms Adamopoulou, the votes were 162 in favor, against 116 against.
It is recalled that the editor and journalist Giannis Kourtakis has filed a defamation lawsuit against Pavlos Polakis, on the occasion of the former deputy minister’s position. However, it should be noted that a similar request was sent to Parliament three months ago. At that time, the commission was in favor of lifting the immunity of the former minister, however, the plenary of Parliament had rejected the request.
“Puppets in a puppet show”
Speaking in Parliament today, Mr. Polakis launched an attack on both New Democracy and G. Kourtakis. He also accused the New Democracy deputies of trailing behind G. Kourtakis, who put them back to vote on the same issue, characterizing them as “puppets” in a puppet theater. However, the report of the ND parliamentary representative made an alginate impression. Giannis Bougas, who essentially accused P. Polakis of Gebelism.
“Proposal contrary to the Constitution”
During the meeting, SYRIZA raised an incidental issue on the grounds that the request is filed against the Rules of Parliament and the Constitution, and is part of an operation to criminalize political speech. Official opposition MPs even linked Ms Adamopoulou’s case to the preliminary investigation against the three political leaders – SYRIZA, the KKE secretary general and the MERA secretary25 – for their participation in the November 17 honorary acts.
George Katrougalos, pointed out that the “irresponsibility” and “impunity” of the deputies, is institutional guarantees for the protection of the freedom of expression of the deputy. He noted that the MP of MERA25 made a Political crisis, when he said from the floor of Parliament that in demonstrations that deviate from their purpose we see police officers with political participation in the events – and this, whether true or not, is a political crisis and does not go against the honor of any particular person .
George Katrougalos also declared in the act, established jurisprudence, according to which the crime of collective defamation against a group of people is not founded. “ND’s obsession seems obvious political expediency, if the current ones are related to the preliminary investigation for the leaders of the left parties. “It is obvious that we as Parliament cannot tolerate the restriction of the fundamental rights of the deputies that are already guaranteed by the French Revolution,” said George Katrougalos.
The secretary and parliamentary representative of SYRIZA – PS, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, accused the rulers of having turned Parliament “into a watchdog of editorial and commercial interests”. He also pointed out that “we are in a condition of peculiar democratic deviation and in view of an operation by the government and the coalition to build a bourgeois state.” The timing of this operation is also what is happening today in Parliament ”.
“Today it is being abusively reintroduced with evident political expediency because the ND deputies may have forgotten to come to Parliament or may not agree with the SW line. “Therefore, Parliament must continue to vote until Mr. Mitsotakis is satisfied, that is, to lift Mr. Polakis’s immunity in the case of Mr. Kourtakis,” he characteristically stated, adding that “here is It is about the credibility of the House and the dignity of the Members of Parliament so that we do not allow this collapse of parliamentarism. “
“It is inconceivable that the reports of the deputies of Parliament are the subject of judicial proceedings.” Something similar did not happen not only during the post-government period, but not even in the years before the dictatorship, when the deregulation of political normality had already begun ”Said the former president of Parliament. Nikos Voutsis.
“The purpose of the revision of article 62 was to reduce him to impunity, not to eliminate him for his political activity and the duties of a deputy, and therefore to eliminate all of article 62, since the hard core of duties is protected by the irresponsible article 61” . Nina Kasimati said.
“Personal extermination”
For her part, the MERA25 deputy, Angeliki Adamopoulou, stated that they are trying to kill her personally, while the party leader’s speech was harsh. Giannis Varoufakis, as well as an announcement from the Movement once the meeting is over.
Angeliki Adamopoulou said that the complaint is manifestly unfounded and abusive, lacking a logical, moral legal basis, as well as any decision to waive her immunity. “In case the majority decide to adopt the serious interpretive errors that I deconstruct with my speech, fatal will violate the constitutionally inviolable “and it will be put out of constitutional legitimacy,” said Angeliki Adamopoulou. He remarked that the position of the MERA25 is to go to the Prosecutor’s Office for any other crime, except those that are part of the MP’s parliamentary functions.
Likewise, MERA25 spoke about the gradual transformation of the country into “parliamentary dictatorship“Which does not close the Parliament but de facto suppresses parliamentarism following the model of Erdogan and Orban that foresees, as a first step, the abolition of the constitutional right to freedom of expression of the deputies”.
Even the fact that the question of the waiver of Angeliki Adamopoulou’s immunity came to Parliament for discussion, because she was sued by the Union of Greek Police Officers of Central Macedonia for her statement from the floor of Parliament, is deviation of the most basic principle of parliamentarism: non-prosecution of deputies for presenting opinions, especially from the floor of Parliament, “commented the party, while referring to the position of G. Varoufakis in the Parliament session” who suggested lifting the immunity of Angeliki Adamopoulou “, noting that” freedom of expression it only makes sense if it guarantees the right to parliamentarians to say things that some do not want to hear. “
“The fact that Ms Adamopoulou’s statement, for which she was sued, was completely correct and substantiated is not the problem. The problem is nightmare exercised in the freedom of expression of the deputies. “All the deputies!”, MERA25 also highlighted.
