The government majority on Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee rejected the Opposition’s request to summon Grigoris Dimitriadis and Tal Dilian to testify over the wiretapping scandal.
Although the request met the required two-fifths threshold for summoning individuals before the Committee, the government argued that the provision applies to “public figures,” not private individuals such as Grigoris Dimitriadis, who has held no public office since 2022, or Tal Dilian, an Israeli-based businessman.
The government’s stance prompted a walkout by the opposition, with PASOK, SYRIZA and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leaving the session. PASOK rapporteur Panagiotis Doudonis said: “How is it possible for someone to assume political responsibility for a case and for you to say that he is not a public figure?”
In a recent interview, Tal Dilian said that his company, Intellexa, sells the Predator spyware system only to government agencies.
On behalf of SYRIZA, Dionysis Kalamatianos accused the Committee’s presidency of violating Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, while KKE MP Nikos Karathanasopoulos described it as “a process aimed at obstructing the Committee’s work through arbitrary interpretations.”
“On what basis are you requesting this summons? Because a private citizen gave an interview, does that make it a matter for the Institutions and Transparency Committee? The case is before the courts and is already at the appellate stage. I could have decided on my own not to convene the Committee, at my own discretion,” the Committee chairman said, addressing the Opposition.
Sources: News247, Πρώτο Θέμα
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