Tons of ink have been spilled to support the scripts about the attitude of MEPs of the ND in the vote on the immunity waivers, but…

Although no question of party discipline was raised since the issue regarding the immunity waivers of 13 New Democracy MPs was somewhat difficult, given the content of the dicographies concerning them, it was attempted by the opposition – and quite MME – to create an image of grumbling and questioning.

Tens of thousands of words were written and even more were said in an attempt to create a negative climate within the Parliamentary Group as more than a few were betting on a reaction that, through the voting process, would turn it into a point of questioning and Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The truth is that it was not easy for some of the dossiers to raise an issue about the MPs who are involved since, according to reputable lawyers, they are, at the very least, funny. But once the people directly concerned – and not under trial as the opposition parties say – got to Parliament first, they wanted and still want the matter to be closed through the judiciary and not dragged through a process that would hurt them irreparably.

That’s why all 13 of them asked for a waiver of immunity – again, against what some claimed that they supposedly wouldn’t do so in their entirety as a kind of reaction – and why the almost majority of MPs granted their request.

According to the law promoted by the Ministry of Justice, it will also allow for the speeding up of the adjudication of these cases in order to avoid becoming political hostages to a long-running court battle.

The result of yesterday is that the scenarios that were beautifully set up before Easter – when the case files went to Parliament – fell just as beautifully. The New Democracy Parliamentary Group appeared in the proceedings almost concrete-cream. And we say almost because there were two or three differentiations based on the fact that they did not accept that there were such developments based on hollow, unsubstantiated, accusations.

One only has to follow the reports following the vote and compare them to those of the previous days to see thatboth opposition parties and some media outlets were literally – and once again – taken by the bucket.

Neither the leadership was challenged, nor were MPs denied the right to clear their names through the courts. Nor was any popular vote lost – and how else could that be done through this process.