Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Institutions, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA, Tsipras
Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

The political clash over the surveillance scandal went up a notch on Tuesday, when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign and the government suggested that the head of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) is doing the opposition party’s bidding.

ADAE chief Christos Rammos, the ex-judge who has been overseeing an independent investigation into the surveillance scandal, met with Tsipras on Tuesday and informed him about the outcome of this probe. He also wrote to the parliamentary speaker and the...

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