Government accused of ‘darkest practices’ in eavesdropping scandal that evokes worst days of country’s military rule
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing his toughest hour in office.An eavesdropping scandal that sees Greece’s intelligence chief and the head of his personal office resign within minutes; calls for further resignations amid revelations of “dark practices”, and a spy crisis likened to Watergate.
The news had followed the shock announcement that Mitsotakis’s nephew and most trusted aide, Grigoris Dimitriadis, had also stepped down – taking a bullet for his boss that was hoped would put the scandal to bed. Regarded as an eminence grise with wide-ranging powers, Dimitriadis had been Kontoleon’s point man in Maximou.Photograph: Eurokinissi/AFP/Getty Images
“Instead of hypocritical apologies and lies, Mr Mitsotakis should say which other politicians and journalists have been followed,” said Tsipras, who heads the main opposition Syriza party. “This is not a huge and unforgivable mistake. It’s a huge scandal [that represents] the unforgivable arrogance of a regime, of a prime minister that thought no one could control him.”
Two Greek journalists – one covering migration, the other finance – have also taken legal action following allegations of similar illegal surveillance by a government heavily criticised internationally for restricting media freedom.
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