ND blocks parliamentary scrutiny of court’s surveillance decision, ratcheting up political tension

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Institutions, New Democracy, Parliament, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA
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New Democracy has blocked a request from all the opposition parties for Parliament to scrutinise further a Supreme Court investigation into the wiretapping scandal, which will no doubt intensify the friction between the government and its opponents over this issue.

Last week Supreme Court president Georgia Adeilini ruled that, based on an investigation carried out by the court’s deputy prosecutor, no state agencies or officials were linked to the illegal use of the Predator spyware. This decision angered the oppos...

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