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At the beginning of the judicial process for the Golden Dawn case, for the changes in the Penal Code, and other issues were mentioned by the former Supreme Court prosecutor, Efterpi Koutzamanis, in statements to the Sky television channel.
As Ms. Koutzamani noted when handling the Golden Dawn case in the early stage, bullets had been sent to her office as a “message” and when asked if she was scared and if the event tipped her over, the response was: ” Of course not- No of course ”and added that prosecutors have accepted the risk.
The former prosecutor recalled that she had received a note from the then Minister of Public Order Nikos Dendias about the participation of parliamentarians and members of the Golden Dawn in a criminal organization, etc.
Next, “I chose the Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Mr. Charalambos Vourliotis, known for his ethics, his excellent legal training and his courage.” The case required courage, “said the former prosecutor.
Likewise, when faced with the journalist’s question “if the surrounding environment pressured you in any way,” the former prosecutor’s response was: “No, we closed our ears and went to the investigation. Every night I was in the Prosecutor’s Office and all information collected by Mr. Vourlotis so that I could have a personal opinion. He found us at dawn in the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s Office. We did our job correctly. “
“We got to the point where he told me that there was sufficient evidence of belonging and leadership in a criminal organization and possession of weapons, with data that he had collected. I agreed and gave the order to proceed legally.
The file was forwarded to the Prosecutor of the Athens Court of First Instance for criminal prosecution. The process of spontaneous detention of the deputies began, for being crimes of serious degree “.
Regarding yesterday’s decision of the Golden Dawn Court of Appeal, Ms Koutzamani stated that the judges (of the Court of Appeal) after five years of examining the case had reached a conclusion and would not be affected by the screams from outside. They made a decision based on the information they had collected.
In addition, the delay in the entire process of the Golden Dawn trial in the Court of Appeals, Ms. Koutzamani attributed to the lack of rooms, the abstention of the lawyers and the hours of the court clerks (secretary of the headquarters), who after the 15 hours down from headquarters.
Regarding changes to the Penal Code, Ms. Koutzamani pointed out that some amendments or abolitions of provisions of the Penal Code should not be made and stressed that the new Penal Code is more lenient and the drafting committee should have paid more attention.
