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Finding who is behind the hacking of a party leader's phone issue of democracy and must be be handled as such so as not to further diminish citizens’ trust in the political system.

There are a number of major cases in Greece that have reached the Supreme Court and it would be well for such cases to be given priority and not to be put off due to procedural issues .

The move comes after the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) issued a ruling on 23 May rescinding a decision of the competent Judicial Council of Volos which had rejected Koufodinas’ application.

Now that the Novartis scandal has boomeranged, the PM and the government are all either keeping silent or blaming the delays in the judicial process.

Now the Volos Judicial Council will meet again with a new composition to re-examine the request, and it is considered highly likely that it will be granted.

The selection process begins with selection by the judiciary of the pool of high court judges to fill the top posts and he government makes the final choices.

In the lawsuit, Kotzias accuses Kammenos of masterminding and engaging in verbal abuse, slander, threats, and the dissemination of false news against the government.

Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, underlined yesterday that Ankara will not tolerate de facto situations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

The eight are accused of participating in the coup and working with the network of Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen.

EU officials have repeatedly denounced the prosecution of Georgiou, which they view as shameful harassment, arguing that he just did his job properly.

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