Adonis Georgiades<\/b> took a stand on the governance model, wiretapping <\/b>and the recent intervention of the five New Democracy MPs.<\/p>\n
Rejecting the idea<\/b> of an incompatibility between the qualities of MP and minister, Minister of Health<\/b>, Adonis Georgiades<\/b>, speaking to the radio station “Parapolitika 90.1”. <\/p>\n
Asked to comment on the Letters of the five ND MPs for a new model of governance, he said<\/b>. I don’t see any problem with MPs expressing their opinion, they do it in a decent way, they raise concerns. We will have a Congress in a while anyway.<\/p>\n
I don’t agree with the picture painted by the 5 MPs, but we don’t necessarily have to agree 100%. In a family do you agree with your brother or your wife 100%? Why in a party should that be the case? I don’t see any questioning of the prime minister with the article, people have some concerns, it’s their right.”<\/p>\n
Asked if he thinks there is a problem with extra-parliamentarians in Maximou<\/b>, he said: “I am very much in favour of parliamentary democracy. For me, the MP is the central office in parliamentary democracy.<\/p>\n
I am against the MP-minister incompatibility<\/b>, I believe that such incompatibility does not exist in parliamentary democracies. It has not existed in any parliamentary democracy, MP-minister incompatibility exists only in presidential democracies.<\/p>\n
The prime minister did not say incompatibility, he said something in between, partial incompatibility. Having said that, I want to be honest. I believe that in the choices of any Prime Minister, MPs should come first. The MP is a central figure, the MP picks up votes, the MP binds the party together, the MP is in touch with the people, the MP carries the message of society.<\/p>\n
Does that mean that every non-parliamentary minister is bad? No, there can be very good non-parliamentary ministers. For example, Lina Mendoni, the best Minister of Culture of the Greek state of all time. Melina is a symbol, we leave her out. Mendoni is a shockingly good Minister of Culture. The fact that she is not a member of parliament does not take away from the fact that she is a good minister. Of course there can be bad non-parliamentary ministers. Just as there can be bad parliamentarians, there can be bad extra-parliamentarians.”<\/p>\n
Commenting on Makis Voridis’ statements about Akis Skertsos<\/b>, Adonis Georgiades said: “These are things that are heard in the Parliamentary Group. Mr Skertsos, in particular, is an extremely useful political person, he has helped me a lot in my career. He is a person who understands, studies, is a good technocrat, mild-mannered, does not create tensions and conflicts.”<\/p>\n
“ND has a problem to face, it has been governing for 7 years, ‘7 years of itching’. When you rule for 7 years, some wear and tear will be there, some fatigue will be there. Mitsotakis has reached a point where he has to find a way to overcome the physical fatigue. In a period of political strain everyone takes out something that bothers them a little too much. Skertsos is very useful. There is no infallible man, but he has done less than me.”<\/p>\n
Asked about whether the overdose of extra-parliamentarians should be changed, the minister replied:<\/b>“I don’t do the Cabinet. I personally think MPs should come first. I am in favour of politicians, because a politician, because he is in society every day, can make the connection between society and politics.”<\/p>\n
“Mr Skertos does not wag his finger at MPs, but he speaks his mind with courage, I respect him. Sometimes, when you have enjoyed for 7 years of a donor office from the Prime Minister, it is reasonable that some people who have been running around all day and have not enjoyed the same office are skeptical of you.”<\/p>\n
About PASOK’s characterization of him as a “political shitbag<\/b>,” he said: “Everything PASOK says is all fairy tales. First, there has been no renewal of Ms Papandreou. PASOK claims that Papandreou has renewed her term of office since November. But if she has renewed her term of office, what will she renew? People are delirious.<\/p>\n
I said that Ms Papandreou sent the file to Parliament to politically blackmail her renewal and Mr Venizelos said that because she was attacked, politically the Supreme Court must renew, so the same thing. Ms Thanou is writing an article and she said that the Supreme Court has the power to renew Ms Papandreou and now because of the attacks they have to renew her. So, when Georgiades said that Mrs Papandreou is politically blackmailing the renewal, who was right? When Venizelos, Pavlopoulos, Thanou, Sakellaropoulou say what I say, then I am attacking the judiciary.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Ms. Covesi can approve or reject the state member’s proposal. So the European Public Prosecutor’s Office through Ms. Covesi has usurped the power of a Member State …<\/p>\n
To close, in the institutional debate, if Ms. Papandreou’s term of office has been renewed, which Mr. Tsoukalas said it has been renewed, it has not been renewed. The act of annulment that Mr Tsoukalas is looking for and says ‘Georgiades has not shown me the act of annulment’ is the announcement of the posts of European prosecutors in December by the Supreme Court. Can you advertise a post that has been renewed? No, so don’t look for Mr Tsoukalas.”<\/p>\n
In response to the question “”Yes” to the inquiry committee on wiretapping, says Nikos Androulakis?” Georgiades replied<\/b>: “From me it’s ‘no’. Mr. Androulakis is unworthy of the office he holds, because he doesn’t even know the basics. He said that he will appeal by any legal means, is there any legal remedy in the Greek legal system against an act of filing by the prosecutor of the Supreme Court? No, he said something that cannot be done.<\/p>\n
He said that he will appeal to the European Court of Justice… Nothing can be done by the European court on the archiving act of the prosecutor of the Supreme Court. It can, if the European Court finds that there was not a fair examination of the issue of wiretapping, the Greek state can be fined. What Mr Androulakis said yesterday does not stand up,” he said.<\/p>\n
Asked why he is not suing over the wiretapping case<\/b>, he replied, “I have concluded that it is the most common thing on earth, that you have to be a fool to have the office that I have and believe that someone is not watching you.”<\/p>\n
When asked about the wiretapping and the possible link to the NSA<\/b>, the minister commented: “Two Supreme Court prosecutors, Mr Zisis and Mr Tzavellas, have ruled that there is no involvement of state agencies with Predator. Androulakis was monitored by the NSA with the permission of the then prosecutor, in accordance with the law. For me Mitsotakis made a mistake in August ’22, when he came out with a speech and said “I apologize to Mr. Androulakis”. He had no business saying it, he was wrong to say it. Mr Androulakis was legally monitored by the NSA. No crying, no sadness, no complaint. We have the EIS to tap phones.”<\/p>\n“Tsipras second, ND wins”<\/h3>\n
Referring to Antonis Samaras<\/b>, Adonis Georgiades said that there is no question of returning to ND. “I hope he does not become a party, I will be very sad. I would rather be in the Southwest,” he said.<\/p>\n
As for the information that Kostas Karamanlis<\/b> will not be present at the Southwest congress, he said: “It is bad that he will not come to the ND Congress. I would like everyone to be there. And Samaras too.”<\/p>\n
On the possibility that Alexis Tsipras, Antonis Samaras and Maria Karastianou<\/b> will run with new parties in the elections, Adonis Georgiades believes that the second party will be that of Alexis Tsipras<\/b>, and stressed that New Democracy will win again<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Finally, regarding Zoe Konstantopoulou’s complaint<\/b> to the Prime Minister<\/b> and ten members of the government in relation to the Labour Inspectorate, Adonis Georgiades said: “This is the greatest madness on the planet, the madness has gone to other levels.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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