Speaking to SKAI, Floridis once again insisted that the venue is the largest space available to host such a trial, with sufficient seating on both the main and lower levels of the courtroom.

The government appears intent on addressing the problems that have arisen over the venue through repression rather than resolution. The minister claimed that earlier difficulties were the result of insufficient police control over entry to the hall, something that will now be strictly enforced.

‘On Wednesday, the process will begin normally, with the participation of those specified by law,’ he said, disregarding the principle that trials must be open to the public. He also suggested that only a small minority of politicians who are also lawyers appear not to want the trial to begin.

In the same vein, Floridis framed the delays broadly enough to include the hunger strike of Panos Routsis, a bereaved father who had demanded the exhumation of his child.

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