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“If we had gone beyond populism and a sense of social responsibility prevailed, no ban would have to be imposed,” he said. SKAI 100.3, Evangelos Venizelos.
Mr. Venizelos described the country’s health problem as “shocking”, and stressed that “the constitutional and health are absolutely connected, and we must have a sense of responsibility, solidarity and cohesion, which dictates our individual and political behaviors.”
“If common sense prevailed, a sense of responsibility, if we had gone beyond populism, if we were all serious in this place, there would be no ban,” he said.
Venizelos welcomed SYRIZA’s decision not to participate in a rally or demonstration, but to place a wreath at EAT ESA, adding:
“But we see the contradiction. Although the first opposition party will not participate in the demonstration, some want to do so. So the issue is not self-regulating, the political responsibility of the parties or the social responsibility of other groups is not enough, the State it needs to intervene and impose a legal framework, a legal barrier ”.
The decision is in accordance with the Constitution and the legal framework.
Mr. Venizelos said that based on the provisions of article 11, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, a general prohibition of public gatherings may be imposed “if necessary, for a reasonable period of time, for as long as the principle imposes. of proportionality, not permanently “, as he stated. .
He also referred to Law 4683/2020, which ratified the legislative act of March 20, 2020, which, as he said, establishes that with the recommendation of the Infectious Diseases Committee, the Chief of Police may impose a general prohibition on the grounds of protection of public health.
This is what the Chief of Police has done now, he has said that from November 15 to 18, marches are prohibited throughout the territory, because it is not a disturbance of socioeconomic life in an area, but it is a danger to the public security, where citizen security is also public health, because it is inferred from common sense, because it is expressly established in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Commenting on the announcement of the Union of Judges and Prosecutors, he attributed “obvious scientific errors”, such as the erroneous one, as he said, “Article 5 of the Constitution and without the possibility of making a complete systematic interpretation of Article 11 of the Constitution in combination with all this”.
“I was also very impressed that the Board of Directors, the newly elected, of the Union of Judges and Prosecutors issued a statement expressing their legal opinion,” said Mr. Venizelos and asked:
“How do you prejudge the opinion of its members, the judicial independence and judicial judgment of all Judges and Prosecutors, of any degree? Do they vote in the unions because of their legal conviction and form a majority / minority in the Union, that is, in the Association? ».
“Proportionality is strictly observed”
He also stressed that, in addition to constitutionality, “proportionality is fully respected.”
“It is possible here that we want a strict lockdown, that we run the risk of not being able to take care of ourselves, the patients in intensive care units, that there are no places for intubated patients, that we run the risk of becoming Bergamo, unfortunately, and Thessaloniki and northern Greece are in “A more tragic destiny, in one much more tragic than Attica, and to say that we will hold a rally?”, he said. He estimated that “there was no need for the meeting that took place outside the Appeals Court when the decision of the Golden Dawn was made. “” It was a celebration in favor of democracy and the rule of law, but have we measured the health impact of this meeting and all the others, whether religious, sports or recreational? “asked Mr. Venizelos.
“We have to move with another range of souls”
Referring to the functioning of the political system, he estimated that “even under the pressure of the health crisis, our behaviors and policies do not change, the political culture is not updated. Again we move stereotypes, conflictive, partisan, as if nothing were happening. I would like to a completely different style in the debate that took place last week in Parliament. We must move with a different range of souls and a different range of mindsets and understand what is most important to democracy. Because Democracy means a democratic society, it means A democratic nation means a nation that protects its citizens first and foremost, its people. “Democracy is the eminently humanitarian political system of government,” Mr. Venizelos underlined.
Finally, when asked to comment on the challenge of quarantine measures not only in Greece but also internationally, he replied:
“There is a front now connecting irrationality, conspiracy theories, so-called justification. With this logic, the Union can leave tomorrow for the protection of rights or the Union, which expresses a group of judicial officials and says that everyone has the right to be vaccinated or not to be vaccinated ”.
Source: skai.gr
