The fact that the courtroom where the trial for the Tempi tragedy began is “absolutely suitable” was emphasized by Giorgos Floridis. In his interview today (27/03) on SKAI, the Justice Minister referred to what occurred during the trial’s opening, stressing that “the trial did not start as it should have. Lawyers, relatives, journalists should have entered the courtroom and taken their seats, and only three of the 36 defendants appeared. When this didn’t happen, people entered without control and occupied lawyers’ seats.” In this context, he conveyed that “on Wednesday, those who the law specifies will enter the courtroom. Lawyers and relatives will enter with control for legitimization, and police will conduct the control.” He also said that “what the plenary of bar associations proposed is being implemented these days.”
Floridis: “The Tempi trial will continue normally”
Mr. Floridis mentioned that “on Wednesday the trial will continue normally as the court will give orders to police who will be at entry points. The court has direction of the trial. The trial will proceed as it should. The conditions that prevailed were such that they did not allow proper conduct. It will happen despite all those who don’t want it, under sober conditions.” According to him, “the courtroom is the largest in Greece, and similar or smaller courtrooms have hosted major trials like the Mati fire case at the Court of Appeals.”
What he said about the wiretapping case
Regarding the wiretapping case, Giorgos Floridis initially stated that “there is an attempt at political profiteering. Greek justice is easily attacked by opposition parties. But when the Supreme Court decision on loan interest rates came out, they said hooray. When the Mati decision came out, hooray. When the wiretapping decision came out, hooray. What actually applies?” “The court proceedings were based on the Supreme Court prosecutor’s findings. Now we are within a judicial process framework, the court requested investigation into a series of crimes. If we trust justice, let’s allow it to conduct its investigation. There’s an institutional issue: will we trust Greek justice? So far justice has spoken for those allegedly under surveillance, let’s allow it to do its work,” Mr. Floridis concluded.
