In an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum,the chief prosecutor of Greece’s Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos,said on the wiretapping scandal, that had he knew the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (ADAE) was checking biggest telecommunications company in the country, the Cosmote, he would had prevented it.
“The opinion of the prosecutor of the Supreme Court has always been his inalienable right. Alas, if the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, the country’s first class prosecutor, had limitations to express himself at some point if he deems it necessary,” Dogiakos told journalist Ioanna Mandrou.
O Εισαγγελέας του Αρείου Πάγου Ισίδωρος Ντογιάκος μιλώντας στο #delphiforum και στην @Ioannamandrou υποστήριξε ότι έαν γνώριζε τον έλεγχο της ΑΔΑΕ στην Cosmote για τις υποκλοπές θα είχε προετοιμάσει την παρεμπόδισή του pic.twitter.com/N6nlTeBitw
— Thanasis Koukakis (@nasoskook) April 26, 2023
He added, he he was “aware of the difficulties that would follow”, while he mentioned that he consulted his previous predecessors and his acting colleagues.
“The reason for issuing that opinion was an update from the legal department of OTE, because don’t forget that the move by ADAE, […], to do an audit was 6 days after the publication of the new law 5002 /2022, with the new data. Because we didn’t have a good update yet. This law had not even reached our offices. I said wait a short period of time, a few days and we will give our opinion,” he noted.
“ADAE did not wait, it wanted that time, on the spot. I did not see any emergency, any potential loss of evidence. There was nothing. Some ADAE officials agreed to a short postponement and a consultation. I didn’t even know there was going to be an audit. If I had known I would have prepared the obstruction. They informed me that there is a problem.,: he stressed.
And the logical question that arises as Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld puts it is:
Why would General Prosecutor wish to block the investigation into #spyware? Seems to that seeking the truth is a common objective @EP_PegaInquiry https://t.co/il3pyclfKT
— Sophie in ‘t Veld (@SophieintVeld) April 26, 2023
Note that investigation in wiretapping scandal is supposed to be ongoing and have not concluded yet.