Adonis Georgiadis comments on an article by Christos Geraris regarding the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Laura Kovesi.

Specifically, in his article, Christos Geraris criticizes the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and, in particular, Laura Kovesifor many of her actions against Greece. As Ms. Kovesi writes, she must respect both domestic legislation and the European treaties governing the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

This is more or less how she dismisses Laura Kovesi, saying that she does not select the European Prosecutors herself, as she had demanded, but the legislation explicitly states that the selection is made by the Supreme Judicial Council of each country. This is exactly what Adonis Georgiadis and others have been saying.

Thus, the well-known judge states that Kovesi was very wrong to send a letter against our country to the European Commission, as her demands are not provided for by the treaties. And even though the government accepted her demands for the renewal of judicial officials in Greece, even though it was not required to do so by law, Laura Kovesi insists on attacking our country and ignoring the relevant legislation.

Here, we would say, she prosecuted politicians without sending Tycheropoulou’s which found no harm to the public interest, while in Greece and many other countries she speaks more like a politician than a judge.

Adonis’s post

Adonis Georgiadis posted the article by the distinguished legal scholar to prove that what he himself had been saying about the actions of Laura Kovesi, is echoed by many legal experts in the country.

Let’s not forget that Christos Geraris is no ordinary lawyer: He served as an ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights, was Minister of Justice in the Pikrammenos government in 2012, served as President of the Council of State, was appointed president of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority by a decision of the Hellenic Parliament, and has served in a host of European institutions, such as the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.

So this judge said exactly what Adonis Georgiadis: that Kovesi often performs her duties in disregard of European and domestic law. This is something that politicians from other countries have said in the past, who found themselves in the crosshairs and were ultimately acquitted, such as Victor Ponta, former Prime Minister of Romania.

In a similar vein, Adonis Georgiadis ends up provoking PASOK, which attacked him many times for what he said about Kovesi, to refute Christos Geraris as well. 

In any case, the observations of serious legal experts in both Greece and Europe say the same thing: You cannot declare war on corruption—something everyone desires—while at the same time ignoring European treaties, legislation, and the institutions of each country. Moreover, the fact that politicians were prosecuted without the findings of Tycheropoulou being presented to Parliament speaks volumes.

Here is the relevant post: