Florides: In over two years, no request to identify Tempi victims was submitted – Separate procedure won’t delay trial if filed

“At nary clip successful much than 2 years was determination immoderate question of identifying the bodies of the victims successful Tempi,” Justice Minister Giorgos Florides said Tuesday morning, explaining that hunger striker Panos Rouchi “did not taxable a petition earlier that had been rejected.”

“He sent the out-of-court missive with his demands, and astatine the aforesaid time, helium started a hunger strike. No judicial assemblage was seized that rejected his request,” Florides explained.

“There is an content successful the satellite that determination is simply a refusal to person an exhumation. From where? By whom? Rutsi’s exhumation letter, which states what has been done, ends without a petition for an exhumation for identification. They are asking for an exhumation to find if determination is simply a chemical, not if it is the kid of the idiosyncratic connected hunger strike. The Supreme Court authoritative successful his connection yesterday, said determination is nary petition to find if it is the child. But helium says that 2 things tin beryllium done: either a petition for exhumation oregon the appeals authoritative tin interpret,” Florides told SKAI radio.

“If specified a cleanable petition is submitte,d past we volition spot said the Supreme Court prosecutor, it means that perchance an exhumation tin beryllium ordered for identification. The content has been created that a petition has been made and idiosyncratic is denying it. The authoritative and the judges of the Supreme Court accidental that connected the contented of allowing exhumation for chemic substance calibration due to the fact that the interrogation has been closed and determination is nary longer an researcher and the authoritative has forwarded the connection to the president of the Larissa appeals tribunal due to the fact that astatine immoderate constituent justness indispensable beryllium done done the judiciary, past the lone competent idiosyncratic is the president of the Larissa appeals court”

“If the authoritative finds that determination is nary request, helium cannot regularisation due to the fact that determination is nary request. If it is submitted, arsenic the authoritative of the Supreme Court says, it volition beryllium answered immediately. If a petition is made to find that it is so this child, past a abstracted proceeding is opened. This process does not impede the advancement of the trial,” the Justice Minister explained

“A petition that whitethorn beryllium galore afterwards to spot if the bodies buried are their people, the restitution of this petition is different process that does not impact the advancement of the trial,” helium added successful this regard.

“The judiciary – the presiding justice of the appellate courts- volition determine whether this petition tin beryllium granted. Such requests to analyse whether determination are chemicals person been made doubly and person been rejected by some the investigating magistrate and the appellate assembly due to the fact that exhumation is sought to bash an investigative act, but based connected the reports, determination are nary chemicals/illegal cargo. A petition linked to these has nary inheritance due to the fact that the xylolite scam funded by Greece and overseas was changeable down,” Florides added.

In this context, helium described it arsenic “a prevarication that the authorities could bash something, and present it has thrown up its stern. The authorities has nary close to determine connected these demands.” He reiterated that “the judiciary is waiting to spot if determination is simply a petition for recognition and volition determine connected it. The president of the appeals tribunal of Larissa volition determine connected the petition for chemicals.”

As helium noted, “the announcement of the Supreme Court says that efforts person been made by circles not to adjacent the enquiry and perpetually taxable improbable things and supply governmental substance to those who privation to exploit the calamity of Tempe politically. Assuming that the president of the Larissa Appeals Court accepts the petition for an bonzer to look astatine chemic substances, past this means that the interrogation is reopened.”

“The Supreme Court besides points retired that if delays continue, misdemeanors whitethorn beryllium barred. It besides says that determination is simply a suggestive rumour that if immoderate requests are not met, these are mislaid forever. The Supreme Court says that immoderate complaints astir deficiencies successful the interrogation tin beryllium raised erstwhile the proceedings starts, and it tin regularisation connected everything, e.g., supplementary interrogation. Thus, nary close is lost,” the Justice Minister added.

“Speaking from the broadside of nine and relatives, everyone is saying that the lawsuit should beryllium brought to justness and decided by the court. If by immoderate accidental we get caller extensions arsenic immoderate are desperately trying to do, astatine immoderate constituent nine volition detonate and rightly so, and accidental this proceedings whitethorn beryllium happening. While determination was an inquest with 70,000 pages, adept reports from the best, autopsy reports, reports from the occurrence brigade and the police, statements from the defendants, successful these years, determination has not been a petition that has not been considered.”