The email leak, the appeal and the ‘vindication’

Within 60 days have the right to appeal to the Council of State, the Ministry of the Interior and Anna-Michel Asimakopoulou on the decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority that imposed fines on them for the case of leaking the personal data of foreign voters. And from what I hear, from her side Asimakopoulou at least they are serious about it. At the same time, the government declares that they are justified. As stated by Pavlos Marinakis, consider that they were vindicated by the Authority’s decision, as the case has nothing to do with postal voting, since the leak “happened between the two elections of 2023”. Therefore, she is not responsible Niki Kerameossince the leak is not connected to the period of her own ministry – something she took care to emphasize yesterday herself, in her own interventions.

But since I received and read dozens of comments about who will pay the 400,000 “bell” imposed on the ministry, I decided to dig a little more into this aspect. So, as my source with excellent knowledge of the case pointed out to me, the matter for the APDPH is not over yet. Because the Authority decided that it should continue the investigation regarding the responsibilities of ND and the former head of department Apodimon Nikos Theodoropoulos. THE Theodoropoulos insists he received the disputed list from a party official, not the ministry. The party declares ignorance. The ministry also did not provide any evidence or information about who did the leaking. The same source emphasized to me emphatically, therefore, that if the APDPH or the prosecutor do not open their mouths George Noulis (who makes the relevant investigation) the fines will not be attributed to a natural person. And the State will pay for them. That is, us. They will be paid from the treasury of the ministry to the treasury of the independent authority. Unless – I say again – if they open their mouths…

On another front, today is the crucial meeting of the Communications Privacy Authority on the case of the surveillance of Nikos Androulakis. In which the members of the Authority will be asked to make a decision on an issue with certain legal complications. I remind you that the EYP refused to implement article 95 of the Constitution and the decision of the Council of Ministers which decided that it should hand over to the ADAE all the data on the monitoring of the president of PASOK. The Authority’s next step will have to be decided today and the balances, due to the composition of the Board of Directors, will be delicate and marginal. To put it bluntly, some people will have to decide whether they will “squeeze” the EYP to implement the decision of the CoE or whether they will support it. This while o Nikos Androulakis makes it clear in all tones that he will personally take legal action, for breach of duty, against those who contribute to not informing him of the reasons for the surveillance.

However, since two related appeals are “running” at the European Court of Human Rights, yesterday’s decision is of great importance for the continuation of the case. In which it condemned Poland for violating the right to privacy and private life of three applicants, not only because they were being monitored by the secret services, but, above all, because they refused to inform them of the reasons for the monitoring citing the “national interest”. Reminds you of something; From what I hear, in fact, I think it is certain that this new ruling will also be mentioned at today’s meeting of the ADAE.

The overreaction of his guard cops Kyriakou Mitsotakis against a group of five young children in Corfu disturbed a lot of people yesterday. And this because the central figure was the sister of the two twin girls, her Thomaidos and her Chrysas Plakiawho had met a tragic death in the Tempe accident together with their cousin Anastasia. During the Prime Minister’s speech in Corfu, the girl appeared with her group, seven people in total, wearing T-shirts for Tempi. And he started shouting “justice”. Peacefully, according to witnesses and video, carrying out a purely symbolic protest. Initially, always according to the testimonies, Mr Mitsotakis he called his security men not to obstruct her. And he reacted through a microphone, saying that justice will be held accountable and “neither I nor you are held accountable.” But the members of his guard did not hold back for long in the face of the children’s emotional (but peaceful, I emphasize) outburst and shoved them away. Bad image. And unnecessary.