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Thodoris Chondrogiannos 22 • 12 • 2022

Minister Kostis Hatzidakis under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service

Thodoris Chondrogiannos
Minister Kostis Hatzidakis under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service
22 • 12 • 2022

On 11 December 2022 it was revealed that for at least two years (24 December 2019 – 17 November 2021) the National Intelligence Service, which is under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ supervision, had been monitoring – on grounds of national security – the current Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis. This raises a serious issue of compatibility with the rule of law and the Constitution, which guarantees the absolute inviolability of communications.

On 11 December 2022, the newspaper Documento revealed that the MP and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, had been under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service for at least two years, while he was Minister of Environment and Energy, on the grounds of national security.

Furthermore, Professor of Constitutional Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and former Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, has argued that the lifting of the privacy of the communications of an MP or MEP is illegal.

Where is the issue with the rule of law?

Although Article 19 of the Constitution guarantees the absolute inviolability of the confidentiality of communications, MP Kostis Hatzidakis was surveilled by the National Intelligence Service, raising serious issues with democracy and the rule of law in Greece.

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