The party is demanding answers from the government over the reported existence of state documents, including letters of recommendation and certificates of good operation, allegedly connected to the illegal Predator spyware and said to have facilitated Intellexa’s activities.

PASOK said the latest revelations show that the government’s claim that the Predator case was a ‘private affair’ without the involvement of state mechanisms has now collapsed.

‘After all, we are still waiting for the government to deny that there is a draft cooperation agreement between the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and Intellexa dating back to 2020,’ the party said.

PASOK is also calling for judicial intervention and the immediate convening of Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee, with Tal Dilian and Grigoris Dimitriadis summoned to testify, in order to investigate the new allegations and the evidence Intellexa allegedly possesses.

PASOK’s full statement reads:

‘The government is silent and the public blackmail by Israeli former officer T. Dilian and the former secretary general of the prime minister, Grigoris Dimitriadis, continues.

‘Today’s revelations by the Sunday edition of To Vima raise extremely serious questions about the involvement of government agents in the wiretapping scandal.

‘The PM’s office must provide immediate and clear answers:

‘Have Greek government agencies or ministries issued documents such as a Reference Certificate, Certificate of Good Performance or Government User Certificate for Predator?

‘Have such documents been used by Intellexa and its partners to facilitate exports of illegal software to third countries?

‘Who approved or signed the relevant procedures and with what institutional legitimacy, given that the sale and use of Predator in Greece was and remains illegal? Was this done by the prime minister’s office itself?

‘With these new revelations, the government’s narrative that the Predator case was a private affair without the involvement of state mechanisms collapses once and for all. After all, we are still waiting for the government to deny that there is a draft cooperation agreement between EYP and Intellexa dating back to 2020.

‘Justice must intervene and investigate the successive revelations.

‘The Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee must convene immediately and summon Tal Dilian and Grigoris Dimitriadis, so that it can be established whether Intellexa’s side really has the evidence it claims to possess.

‘If New Democracy has nothing to hide or fear, it should be the one to expedite this process. Unless it has a great deal to hide, in which case we understand its anxiety and anguish.’

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