The toxic opposition is attempting to bring a case that has been politically exhausted back into the spotlight, while the judiciary has already ruled on the responsibilities of private individuals and society is looking elsewhere. <\/p>\n
Once again, PASOK and SYRIZA think that with the melted candy of watching they can bring back a case that has already passed through the microscope of Justice (ed: at the highest level and not at the level of a single-member court) of the Parliament, independent authorities and public debate for years and nothing was found: both for the alleged involvement of state officials and for the enveloping “joint centre” EPS and Predator<\/b>. Also, society does not share the obsessive monoculture of PASOK and other “democratic forces” that invest in spy scenarios and fictions, but on the contrary abhors this extraction of the politics they stand for.<\/b><\/p>\n
The recent first degree conviction of four private citizens in the Predaror case (see. Tal Dillian, Felix Bijios, John Lavranos and Sarah-Alexandra Hamou), has brought the issue back into the news. <\/b>These are individuals linked to Intellexa and Krikel,<\/b> which <\/b>were at the centre of the Predator illegal software case. <\/p>\n
But what is clear from the judicial development itself is the existence of individuals<\/b>. Not the revelation of some “fraudulent” government scheme, as some political and media circles are attempting to portray. Nevertheless, the opposition appears determined to repeat the same toxic and chewed-up narrative once again, as if so many years of public debate had not passed. The truth is that citizens today are concerned about very different issues. The economy, wages, punctuality, housing, daily life, investment and growth are much higher on the agenda than an issue that has already been discussed more than few in post-war history.<\/b><\/p>\n
To keep coming back to the same political obsession, without new data that actually changes the picture, creates a sense of fatigue rather than interest. It is no coincidence that every time the opposition tries to turn the issue of surveillance into a central political front, its impact on society remains limited.<\/b> Public opinion seems to have already drawn its conclusions and is looking for answers to the problems of the present, rather than recycling controversies of the past. <\/p>\nCurious persistence with Dimitriadis<\/h3>\n
It is particularly interesting the new obsessive demand of PASOK and SYRIZA to summon Gregoris Dimitriadis<\/b> to the Institutional and Transparency Committee of the Parliament<\/b>, on the occasion of an interview(!) he gave. <\/p>\n
This initiative raises legitimate questions. Because it is not based on any judicial development, nor on any evidence. On the contrary, it comes shortly after a period in which media outlets of Vangelis Marinakis’ interests unleashed fierce to choleric “criticism” of the former general secretary of the prime minister, and soon after the Olympiacos FC owner’s unprovoked attack on Grigoris Dimitriadis at OAKA. <\/p>\n
The timing is remarkable, to say the least. And justifiably, many observers wonder whether these are independent political initiatives or moves that follow an already established communication cadence.<\/b>In any case, the idea that one interview is enough to set up a new cycle of parliamentary debate shows more political embarrassment than a meaningful search for the truth. <\/p>\n
The statement by PASOK’s press spokesman, Kostas Tsoukalas<\/b>, follows exactly this logic of recycling. It repeats demands that have been made many times before, reiterates the same questions and attempts to reignite a debate that has already passed through multiple stages of scrutiny. <\/p>\n
The political paradox is that the more the opposition invests in this theme, the less the opposition seems to convince itself that it has a serious proposal on the issues that are currently of concern to citizens. The Greece of 2026 does not resemble the Greece of 2022. The public debate has shifted. The challenges are different. And society is calling for solutions, not a constant recycling of old narratives. At some point, even the most talked-about issue runs out of political mileage. And when it does, continually revisiting it does not produce a political outcome; it only produces fatigue.<\/b> This is perhaps the key problem for those who insist on serving up the same reheated soup over and over again. People just don’t seem willing to consume it anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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