The PASOK leader calls on those involved to take part in ‘revealing the whole truth about the sick system of wiretapping’, stressing that ‘silence constitutes tolerance and, ultimately, complicity’. He says the aim is to bring all those responsible before the courts, ‘no matter how high up they are’.
His intervention comes after the recent decision of the Single-Member Misdemeanour Court of Athens on 26 February 2026, which handed down sentences to four people in the illegal surveillance case while also requesting further investigation into possible additional offences.
Androulakis also refers to statements by a convicted businessman, according to which Predator was available exclusively to state authorities, arguing that there are indications linking the spyware to public bodies. In this context, he speaks of a ‘parastatal surveillance mechanism’ which, he says, affected democratic functioning and the rule of law.
At the same time, he raises questions for the judiciary over its response to the new evidence, particularly in relation to earlier assessments that ruled out any link between the National Intelligence Service, known as EYP, and Predator.
The letter is addressed to a number of political and state officials, including ministers, MPs, senior military officers and public service officials, whose names are included, according to PASOK, on a relevant list held by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
In closing, Androulakis says that the defence of democracy and institutions ‘requires virtue and courage’, reiterating the need for the case to be fully clarified.
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