The leader of the main Greek opposition party, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Alexis Tsipras, on Monday called on the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to give explanations on the allegations about the possible 33 cases of espionage with Predator software attributed to the Intelligence Agency (EYP).
«Were the 33 targets of the Predator malware included in a list of the EYP?», Tsipras has raised in a parliamentary appearance.
The Israeli spying program would have been installed on the phones of 33 politicians — and family members –, businessmen and journalists, the newspaper ‘Documento’ has revealed.
The list includes Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, former conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, former socialist, conservative and SYRIZA ministers and the executive director of the newspaper ‘Kathimerini’, Alexis Papachelas. ‘Document’ directly links Mitsotakis to this espionage and even refers to the «Mitsotakis system» of espionage.
The government has advocated «thoroughly» investigating these allegations, although it has warned that «there is a lot of narrative, but evidence is lacking,» in the words of government spokesman Dimitris Oikonomu.
The vast majority of those listed have stated that they were not aware of any kind of extraordinary situation concerning their cell phones.
Just this Monday the director of ‘Document’, Kostas Vaxevanis, presented the documentation supporting the news to the Greek Supreme Court at the request of the court’s prosecutor, Isidoros Dogiakos.
This is the second wave of an eavesdropping scandal that broke out in July, when the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK), Nikos Androulakis, complained to the Supreme Court of being spied on his cell phone with Predator software discovered by the security service of the European Parliament.
