The political positions of Laura Covesi were commented on by Makis Voridis speaking on SKAI television.
The MEP of New Democracy called it impressive, saying that “we are not used to this in Greece” and stressed that it reveals “something about Ms. Covesi.”
The reason for Mr. Voridis’ comments were prompted by what the European Public Prosecutor said at the 11th Delphi Economic Forum last week.
“All I want to say is this. It is striking that the Attorney General is starting to make political statements. We are not used to this. But this reveals something about Ms. Covesi and the way she perceives her role. Primarily she understands her role as a political catalyst rather than a prosecutor whose goal is to prosecute. It is the agenda she sets because under the pretext and on the occasion of tackling corruption, political posturing is being done,” the former minister said.
Explanations demanded
Makis Voridis, stressing once again that he had not heard legal discussion but only political statements, asked for explanations, stressing: “I want a legal person to explain to me how the transmission of a citizen’s request is a criminal act,” he added: “I have meetings in my office after here with citizens of East Attica who will raise issues of concern to me. So I want to say, one approach is this, that I will ask my question in Parliament. But, you know, the fact that we often try to get a fast track on this, if Ms. Covesi comes and tells me that this is not rational, rationality you know has some moments that are extremely unhelpful.”
The instigation
“Half of her positions have political characteristics,” Voridis stressed once again at another point in the debate, adding that: “I find it absolutely unacceptable for someone to tell me that I have moral incitement, that is, with persuasion and formality I persuaded an administrative body to do an illegal act because I forwarded a request from a citizen.”
