Observance of the Constitution is postponed

We each cognize that the very past nonfiction (number 120) of the Greek Constitution states that “observance of the Constitution is entrusted to the patriotism of the Greeks.” Is there possibly some hidden proviso that adds that “it is besides near to the kindness of those successful power”?

The question arises from the justifications presented by authorities officials aft they postponed a statement successful Parliament connected the “Rule of Law and Institutions,” requested by main absorption enactment PASOK, aft the caller revelations astir Greece’s wiretapping scandal, which were revealed pursuing a trial that convicted 4 concern executives. The process was to take spot connected April 4, arsenic provided for by the Parliament’s regulations, but “after a treatment betwixt Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Parliament speaker, Nikitas Kaklamanis, it was postponed to April 17.” In different words, they felt it was their ain determination to make, without consulting with anyone else.

The usual Greek absorption will be, “Come on, two weeks is not a large deal!” Yes, of course. Even US President Donald Trump’s war connected Iran keeps getting extended each two weeks. But the parliamentary rules are very strict: “The statement takes spot within 1 period of the submission of each request,” according to Article 143, paragraph 2. The Parliament is not a market store to haggle and negotiate. The lone treatment allowed betwixt Kaklamanis – who, arsenic speaker of the House, is the guardian of due parliamentary signifier – the premier minister, and the leaders of the absorption parties, is the specific day within that clip frame. Will it take spot successful 10 days? Two weeks? In 1 month, astatine the latest?

PASOK reacted to this sedate organization indecency, but the ailment fell connected deaf ears. The enactment spoke of governmental machinations by the authorities to summation clip for negotiations with Tal Dilian, the convicted businessman and seller of amerciable λογισμικό Predator, who straight threatened to uncover details of the wiretapping scandal, saying helium “will not beryllium a scapegoat.”

The authorities responded that this would beryllium true lone if the authorities wholly avoided the statement and did not docket it astatine a tenable time, arsenic Kathimerini reported. What does the authorities mean by that? That if it had atrocious intentions the statement would not adjacent take place, contempt the mandatory clip framework successful the Parliament’s regulations?

On the different hand, we indispensable accidental that the postponed statement connected the “Rule of Law and Institutions” successful Greece whitethorn so beryllium unnecessary. The speaker of the House and the premier curate person already shown its state.