Laura Covesi visits Floridis, Pierrakakis, and Chrysochoidis today before going to the Delphi Economic Forum

“The contented of whether oregon not to widen the word of bureau of the 3 Greek Europrosecutors, which expires adjacent June, is not successful the hands of either the Ministry of Justice oregon the Government, but successful the hands of the creation of the members of the Supreme Judicial Council for Civil and Criminal Justice (SCCJ) of the Supreme Court.” volition reportedly beryllium the effect of Justice Minister George Florides, successful lawsuit an contented is raised by the caput of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office Laura Covesi during her sojourn to the Justice Ministry today.

Ms. Covesi’s adjacent stops contiguous are with the Minister of Economy and Finance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, and the Minister of Citizen Protection, Michael Chrysochoidis, portion tomorrow, Thursday, the caput of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office volition be the 11th Delphi Economic Forum, entitled “The Shock of the New” and volition reply questions from writer Pavlos Tzima.

Pasylar Tzimki, who volition code the questions of Pavel Tzimki’s questions connected the taxable of “The Future of Europe”.

Ms Korovesi’s sojourn to these 3 ministries coincides with the time erstwhile the contented of the lifting oregon not of the immunity of the MPs allegedly progressive successful the OPEKEPE lawsuit volition beryllium debated successful Parliament, according to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office’s files forwarded to Parliament.

Ms. Covesi’s gathering with the Minister of Justice was booked immoderate clip ago, but she has not informed the crushed wherefore she requested the meeting, that is, without a circumstantial agenda. During Mrs. Corvesi’s sojourn to the Ministry of Justice today, Deputy Minister of Justice Ioannis Bougas volition besides beryllium present.

During Mrs. Corvesi’s sojourn to the Justice Ministry, the contented of extending the word of bureau of 3 Greek delegated European prosecutors, Popi Papandreou, Chariklia Thanou, and Dionysis Mouzakis, whose word expires astatine the extremity of the existent judicial year, i.e., astatine the extremity of adjacent June, is expected to beryllium raised.

One of the blistery topics that person been connected the quality array lately is, connected the 1 hand, the 2 files connected the OPEKEPE sent by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and allegedly involving governmental figures and, connected the different hand, the unanimous determination of the College of European Prosecutors successful Luxembourg, for a 5-year hold of the word of bureau of 3 arguable Greek delegated European prosecutors.

Already the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court, arsenic required by law, has since past December sent a petition for expressions of involvement to the Justice Ministry to capable the 3 positions successful question.

Florides, successful turn, sent the questions to the Supreme Court, truthful that the Supreme Judicial Council of Politics tin instrumentality the applicable decisions, which is expected to conscionable connected this contented wrong the adjacent month, though nary nonstop day has been acceptable truthful far.

Following this, it is reportedly considered that the contented of extending oregon not the word of bureau of the 3 Greek Europrosecutors is nary longer successful the competence of either the Minister of Justice oregon the Government, but successful the discretion of the creation of the members of the High Council of Justice who volition beryllium called upon to decide.

The hold of the word of bureau of the 3 Greek appointed European Prosecutors by the College, pursuing a connection by Ms. Covesi, has provoked beardown governmental reactions and questions arsenic to whether this tin beryllium done unilaterally by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

According to authoritative circles of some the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Criminal Court, the authorization to name and widen the word of bureau of the Greek appointed European Public Prosecutors belongs exclusively to the HCJ successful accordance with the Constitution (Article 90) and the authorities (Article 5 of Law 4786/2021 connected the constitution of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office).
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However, the caput of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has not requested a gathering with either the President of the Supreme Court, Anastasia Papadopoulou, oregon the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Konstantinos Tzavellas. It is recalled that some the president and the authoritative of the Supreme Court enactment successful the APA.

It has been done before

The aforesaid circles, who, for evident reasons, support their anonymity, recalled that a akin incidental had arisen successful the past with the hold of the word of bureau of a Greek European Public Prosecutor.

At that time, Ms. Covesi had expressed a beardown involvement and exerted unit for the HCA to o.k. the hold of the word of bureau of a peculiar prosecutor. In fact, a casus belli (cause for war) had been raised successful lawsuit the petition for hold of tenure was not granted by the HCA.

Nevertheless, the HCJ did not widen the word of bureau of the Greek European Public Prosecutor successful question. Since then, however, doubts person been raised connected the portion of the European Prosecutor arsenic to the qualifications of the persons whom the ECJ had decided to service successful Luxembourg.