Former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is currently the leader of Greece’s main opposition party, was monitored by a “parastatal mechanism” during his tenure to undermine his chances of reelection - reports
newspaper maintained that Israeli-made Predator spyware was used not only by the National Intelligence Service but also by elements of the Greek police in illegal surveillance of an ever-growing list of people including prominent pro-government journalists, opposition figures, businessmen, acting and former senior ministers and retired admirals.
On August 8, Mitsotakis acknowledged that opposition politician Nikos Androulakis was wiretapped by Greece’s intelligence agency but denied knowledge of the operation. The scandal first emerged on August 4 when Panagiotis Kontoleon, then-head of the EYP, told a parliamentary committee that the intelligence agency had been spying on financial journalist Thanasis Koukakis.
On August 5, Kontoleon, along with the general secretary of the prime minister’s office, Grigoris Dimitriadis, resigned.A parliamentary probe was launched after Androulakis complained to top prosecutors about an attempt to hack his cellphone with Predator spyware.
Opposition parties have been blaming Mitsotakis for the scandal and have called for his government to hold snap elections, something he rejects.READ MORE:
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