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[00:00:07] as long as there is a complaint, as long as there is information, and as long as
[00:00:10] you exist,
[00:00:13] I say every time you said that every week one or
[00:00:16] two cases of this type will come out, two of this and other types, a total of 10, let's
[00:00:20] keep that in mind, Mr. Hotzoglou. They are also coming to the catering industry
[00:00:23] and others.
[00:00:26] We are informed that some are already in the investigation process. Some
[00:00:30] chains, we are waiting to see what will happen. What we need to
[00:00:34] keep in mind, however, is that as such
[00:00:37] cases come out and employees find themselves uncovered from
[00:00:40] one day to the next, there must finally be a legal framework
[00:00:44] for the protection of employees by the state for such
[00:00:48] cases. Good morning to all, thank you very much, be well.
[00:00:51] Good morning. Let's go to a short commercial break.
[00:00:55] Immediately after, we will have the Deputy Minister of Justice with us, Mr. Yiannis
[00:00:58] Bougas. These are the legislations that are coming in the
[00:01:01] next period. We are also in an election period.
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[00:10:03] We're back here before we meet the Deputy Minister of Justice, with whom we have many interesting things
[00:10:06] to discuss. Kina Michailidou will join us because we have an issue with Mr.
[00:10:10] Varoufakis and the banks. Yiannis Varoufakis, in a post,
[00:10:14] complains that a Belgian bank closed his
[00:10:17] DM25 account. Here he specifically states
[00:10:20] in his post, "Our bank in Brussels closed our account, the one
[00:10:24] to which of thousands of our members from all over Europe, money
[00:10:28] with which the movement operates, suddenly, without
[00:10:31] reason or warning." This was followed by
[00:10:34] a post from DM-25. If we can see it, it is
[00:10:38] a small excerpt where they ask for donations
[00:10:42] from all those who want to support the movement to
[00:10:45] pay the rents and the salaries. Let's
[00:10:48] see it. So suddenly and without any
[00:10:51] warning, it seems that a bank can block access to
[00:10:55] even the minimal funds you have. You know, for
[00:10:59] us, these funds were very important, because with them we paid our
[00:11:02] full team and, of course, we also covered the operating
[00:11:06] needs of our movement. So, at the time our team is trying to
[00:11:09] solve the issue of access to a bank account, we
[00:11:13] ask you to support us financially, even a few euros can really
[00:11:17] make a big difference. In the description of the video you will find the relevant link to
[00:11:21] make your own donation. That we rely on...
[00:11:25] and only on your solidarity and only with that will we continue to
[00:11:29] proceed.
[00:11:31] So they are appealing for donations from all those who wish to
[00:11:35] support DM25. Now, of course, all this caused a storm
[00:11:39] of reactions on social media, social media, social media, and mainly on
[00:11:43] former Twitter, where they took Mr. Varoufakis's post
[00:11:46] and started writing. You will see
[00:11:50] now you understand what it means not to have access to a bank account. Let's see another
[00:11:53] one. This is actually, we have two
[00:11:57] more. If the bank had humor, it would not have closed your account,
[00:12:00] it would have let you withdraw 60€ a day after waiting
[00:12:04] one or two hours at the ATM, and another one when karma is in
[00:12:07] a crazy mood. Yes, and many others follow, of course, but now
[00:12:11] we chose three indicative ones. Tina, thank you. Well,
[00:12:14] Tina, if banks suddenly close and
[00:12:18] you have 60€ and a two-hour queue, that's an issue. It's an
[00:12:21] issue. It's an issue. And do you remember what was happening then? I guess we all remember it.
[00:12:33] and relationships back then, yes, we socialized. Hello,
[00:12:36] sir, sir, good morning. Uh, let's
[00:12:39] start a little with current affairs. One of
[00:12:43] the current affairs that the Prime Minister has also put on the table, are the
[00:12:47] penal codes that changed under
[00:12:50] Tsipras, and in fact the elections were delayed, parliament remained open
[00:12:53] for the vote on these penal
[00:12:57] codes. This specific committee, because Mr.
[00:13:00] Tsipras says that when
[00:13:03] you attack us for this, you attack the scientific team.
[00:13:07] It continued to exist during Mitsotakis's
[00:13:10] term. This committee was formed with the exclusive
[00:13:13] task, exclusive duty, of drafting the penal code and the code of criminal
[00:13:17] procedure. So, from the time the codes were handed over to the
[00:13:21] Ministry of Justice, while under the Tsipras government,
[00:13:24] this committee no longer had a reason to exist, it submitted the draft law for the
[00:13:28] penal code and the code of criminal procedure and since then
[00:13:32] it has not met again. Therefore, there was no committee
[00:13:35] afterwards. It completed its work and was abolished by the
[00:13:39] ministerial decision. Committee, we formed a working
[00:13:42] group for the next change, for the next changes that
[00:13:46] were made, a package of reforms in the
[00:13:49] first period of the government, where we essentially
[00:13:52] abolished those provisions that... seriously downgraded crimes, such
[00:13:56] as the crime of bribery, which I remind you
[00:13:59] had become a misdemeanor from a felony, and
[00:14:02] this was also
[00:14:05] changed in 2019 with the first changes made by the
[00:14:09] Mitsotakis government, and of course
[00:14:12] the major changes that occurred in the codes, both in the penal
[00:14:16] code and in the code of criminal procedure, were in 2024 with the
[00:14:20] current political leadership of the Ministry of Justice, where we had
[00:14:23] extensive.
[00:14:27] These
[00:14:30] changes were made by a working group, especially the major
[00:14:34] change of 2024 was made by a working group which
[00:14:38] was established by the Minister of Justice, submitted the
[00:14:41] draft law for the changes to the penal code, and of course then
[00:14:44] it didn't have that sorry that suspicions are
[00:14:48] left that Mr. Tsipras acted in favor of some people. Mr.
[00:14:51] Georgiadis says, who I think has a birthday today.
[00:15:01] and we know each other, no one speaks to tell us
[00:15:05] if they concerned someone, that is, did Mr. Tsipras serve
[00:15:07] interests? Listen, from the
[00:15:11] result, due to my institutional capacity, I cannot say
[00:15:14] specific things, but if one searches and says, for
[00:15:18] example, they were released from
[00:15:21] prison because they were temporarily detained for serious offenses,
[00:15:25] which fell into the category of misdemeanor from felony,
[00:15:28] criminally, criminally, of course, we are talking about the penal
[00:15:31] codes, for whom criminal prosecution was not initiated
[00:15:34] and what was investigated by the police authorities. For
[00:15:38] serious offenses, who finally escaped
[00:15:41] due to the statute of limitations, I think that these cases are known
[00:15:45] to the judicial authorities, they are identified, rather, and one
[00:15:49] can, if they wish, specifically speak with names, surnames, I cannot do that.
[00:15:53] These are the IOUs that Kyriakos Mitsotakis mentioned, because that's why,
[00:15:56] because Mitsotakis said Tsipras should tell us which IOUs
[00:16:00] he paid off, he is probably referring, he is referring to what you
[00:16:03] are saying, someone being served.
[00:16:07] A criminal is very much, anyone to be served. The
[00:16:11] lenient treatment of serious offenses by the
[00:16:14] penal codes of 2019 created the
[00:16:18] conditions for some who were being prosecuted for felonies to
[00:16:22] escape. I think that this is the
[00:16:25] framework within which I can speak with my current
[00:16:28] capacity. I will tell you, they are estimated in the
[00:16:31] hundreds. However, be careful, the Paraskevopoulos law
[00:16:35] had preceded, which was implemented
[00:16:38] from 2015 to 2019. The Paraskevopoulos
[00:16:41] law had the justification that
[00:16:44] prisons should be decongested,
[00:16:48] because there was a large number of prisoners and our country
[00:16:51] was at risk of sanctions from the European
[00:16:54] Court due to the large
[00:16:57] number of prisoners or pre-trial detainees.
[00:17:00] Indeed, throughout Europe, there are from time to time
[00:17:04] such laws, of course it is an
[00:17:07] exception that happens, it is not a usual procedure, the usual procedure
[00:17:11] is that someone who goes to prison serves their sentence. So here
[00:17:15] indeed there are such laws, however, the Paraskevopoulos
[00:17:18] law had no distinction whatsoever. With
[00:17:22] the sole condition of serving the minimum
[00:17:26] sentence, people could be released from
[00:17:29] prisons, detainees who had been
[00:17:33] irrevocably convicted of very serious
[00:17:36] offenses such as the crime of rape, if I remember correctly, for felonies,
[00:17:40] the sole condition was the serving of 2/5 of the
[00:17:43] sentence imposed by the court. You understand, then, that a very
[00:17:47] large number of detainees who had been
[00:17:50] convicted of very serious offenses, these people
[00:17:53] were released. It is estimated that the total number
[00:17:57] of
[00:17:59] detainees who were released was 17.
[00:18:03] Perhaps more than 17. You understand, then,
[00:18:07] that condition, without anyone being able
[00:18:11] to examine, or rather without judicial authorities examining whether they
[00:18:14] had been rehabilitated and whether the essential
[00:18:17] conditions existed for them to be released, they were released with the sole
[00:18:21] condition of serving the minimum period. This, sir, you know,
[00:18:24] is also an issue that concerns the rule of law. I understand the
[00:18:28] need to decongest the
[00:18:31] prisons, but I do not understand a regulation which
[00:18:34] has.
[00:18:37] Now with the new codes, some returned to prison, those who committed
[00:18:40] crimes, and many of them committed crimes because they returned
[00:18:44] to crime and serious crime. Today they are once again
[00:18:48] imprisoned or in any case being prosecuted for the crimes they have committed. So
[00:18:51] now we have a series of scandals that have come to light. Will
[00:18:55] people go to prison? Is there a legal arsenal to deal with these?
[00:18:59] I think we have explained that the legal arsenal, after
[00:19:02] the changes of 2024, is very strong, and I must tell you that our country
[00:19:06] has incorporated all international treaties
[00:19:10] and European legislation for the
[00:19:13] prosecution and judicial assistance, because judicial assistance is also a major chapter,
[00:19:16] so that we can exchange information, have
[00:19:20] the information that is provided to deal with
[00:19:24] organized crime and, in particular, financial crime.
[00:19:27] And this arsenal, that the police do their job,
[00:19:31] they are arrested, they go to court and remain
[00:19:34] free, this from 2024 onwards,
[00:19:38] uh, it cannot apply and it is an argument that has
[00:19:41] been dismissed and I will explain why, yes, uh, the goal of the
[00:19:44] Ministry in 2024 was on the one hand to toughen the
[00:19:47] sentences, on the other hand to make the process
[00:19:51] faster, and we had said that it is not enough to
[00:19:54] toughen the sentences, the sentences imposed,
[00:19:58] especially for misdemeanors, must be served, and
[00:20:01] we legislated, without having changed it to
[00:20:04] this day, that whoever is sentenced to a major punishment.
[00:20:11] So this acted repressively. While we have
[00:20:14] an increase in the number of prisoners in prisons, this is
[00:20:18] true. However, we also have a reduction in
[00:20:21] petty and medium-level crime that plagues
[00:20:24] citizens. And of course, the police have at their disposal modern
[00:20:28] means. They have, the day before yesterday I was at a
[00:20:31] presentation for the Directorate of Organized Crime, for organized
[00:20:35] crime precisely, where they presented
[00:20:40] this new service of the Greek FBI. Therefore,
[00:20:43] new technologies are at the service of police
[00:20:46] forces. Justice has a strong legal
[00:20:50] arsenal at the disposal of judges and prosecutors. We are a country that truly
[00:20:54] deals with and deals with effectiveness and strictness,
[00:20:58] because we are also in an election period now and the latest
[00:21:01] legislations are crucial. What are you preparing now, what are you bringing
[00:21:05] in the next period? Uh, we
[00:21:07] have already period and until the end of the
[00:21:11] current government term, we will have five legislations.
[00:21:15] It will be the Lawyers' Code with serious changes in the exercise of the
[00:21:18] legal profession. It will be the new
[00:21:22] draft law for administrative procedure and the map of administrative
[00:21:26] courts, the co-ownership code, the
[00:21:30] platform. This is for apartment buildings, this is for apartment buildings and not only for apartment
[00:21:33] buildings. You cannot imagine how many
[00:21:37] calls we have received about this issue. When will this be passed?
[00:21:41] If inheritance law had a very
[00:21:44] great appeal, this will have multiple appeal because there is no Greek who.
[00:21:48] οποίος.
[00:21:53] The committee that has been
[00:21:55] established is completing its work at the end of the
[00:21:59] year, and we hope that
[00:22:02] by the time parliament closes, that is, February or March, we will have passed the co-ownership
[00:22:06] code to provide solutions to dozens, truly
[00:22:09] dozens of problems that come from the distant past. I must tell you that the
[00:22:13] first law on co-ownership in Greece was enacted in
[00:22:16] 1929. Since then, changes have come in 110. 1116
[00:22:23] legislations have changed the original law without these having been codified, and
[00:22:27] you understand now this labyrinthine
[00:22:31] legislation and how many problems it creates
[00:22:34] today in transactions and in the exploitation of real estate. Almost all
[00:22:38] our fellow citizens who are owners are suffering. The other two, the other two are the
[00:22:42] bill for the tax department which is being reformed with the tax department so that it can
[00:22:46] play a role
[00:22:49] as a manager in the courts and to relieve judges from issues
[00:22:53] of procurement management that they undertake today,
[00:22:56] and a very important piece of legislation that is a continuation of inheritance
[00:23:00] law is the digital platform where after the
[00:23:04] death of any natural person, creditors
[00:23:08] will be able to find out the assets of the estate and
[00:23:11] heirs will be informed immediately of the debts,
[00:23:14] so that creditors know if there are assets
[00:23:18] from which they can be satisfied.
[00:23:24] which will remain so they can also take
[00:23:27] it as
[00:23:30] In closing, Mr. Minister, let's also touch upon
[00:23:33] current political affairs. Mr. Samaras says that
[00:23:36] you are trying to feed the people with pizzas and country
[00:23:39] bread.
[00:23:42] Uh, he is referring to the solving of a serious
[00:23:46] crime, or rather many crimes. I don't want to
[00:23:50] downplay it or trivialize it.
[00:23:53] I think this is an obvious
[00:23:57] obligation of the state to solve crimes,
[00:24:01] especially those that have very significant and serious implications for the national
[00:24:05] economy, to quickly bring the perpetrators to
[00:24:08] justice, to have a fair
[00:24:11] trial, and for the sentences imposed by the courts to be served.
[00:24:15] I think this is the framework within which we should operate, and not these
[00:24:18] slogans which I don't know who they are addressed to. Thank you very much,
[00:24:22] sir. Do you have any measurement,
[00:24:26] after all, any development, any data on how the
[00:24:29] reforms you have made are going? We have absolutely reliable data
[00:24:33] every quarter, which comes
[00:24:36] to the relevant service of the Ministry of Justice from all the
[00:24:39] courts of the country, and these are confirmed
[00:24:42] by the CEPEJ and by other international
[00:24:46] organizations that observe the effectiveness of the
[00:24:51] most recent data are very encouraging.
[00:24:54] After the implementation of the judicial map, I must tell you that the clearance rate has
[00:24:58] now increased to 110% from 86% before the implementation of the
[00:25:02] judicial map. We have significant successes in the major courts,
[00:25:06] with the most significant being at the Athens Court of First Instance, where we have
[00:25:10] reduced the time for issuing a decision
[00:25:13] at the first instance by a third, and the clearance rate has
[00:25:17] risen from 85% to 141%. This is
[00:25:20] what gives us the optimism that by the
[00:25:23] end of the government's term, we will have achieved the national goal we had
[00:25:27] set to have Greek justice administered in approximately
[00:25:31] 700 days, from 1492 which it was in
[00:25:34] 2023. This is the average of the countries of the Council of Europe.
[00:25:37] Thank you, sir.
[00:25:41] Let's say that we have information that there is a
[00:25:45] phone call, that there is a bomb on an airplane from Dublin
[00:25:48] to Rome. In a little while we will have Yiannis Chaniotakis with us to give
[00:25:52] us details. And for the beginning of the show, we forgot
[00:25:56] to mention, fortunately we have Nikos Stamatelos who tells us that Mitroglou also had a hat trick in the
[00:26:00] Champions League. Indeed. Commercials,
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