Supreme Court Prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas is expected to refuse to appear before a parliamentary panel where he was expected to be asked about his recent decision not to reopen an investigation into the wiretapping scandal, citing the separation of powers, Kathimerini understands.
Tzavellas has been summoned along with the head of Greece’s intelligence agency EYP, Themistoklis Demiris, at the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee on May 20, at the request of opposition parties. Themistoklis
According to information, Greece’s top prosecutor will send a letter to the committee explaining that the presence of a judicial officer in Parliament to provide explanations regarding a judicial decision is not consistent with the Constitution. He will also cite relevant case law of the Supreme Court, which has formed a firm position on the limits of parliamentary control over the Judiciary.
His summoned is linked to his refusal last April not to reopen an archived wiretapping case tied to the illegal Predator spyware, concluding that evidence aired in a lower court does not constitute new material.
In February, a single-judge court handed down heavy prison sentences to four private businesspeople linked to Israeli spyware firm Intellexa and ordering the launch of five new investigations into the scandal, one of which concerns potential criminal liability for espionage, a result the ruling said had not been achieved by the Supreme Court during its earlier investigation.
