A key parliamentary hearing on Greece’s wiretapping scandal is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, when senior state officials are expected to testify before the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee.
The closed-door session will focus on allegations surrounding telephone surveillance operations that have sparked political controversy in Greece over the past several years.
First to appear before lawmakers will be Themistoklis Demiris, head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), alongside Minister of State Akis Skertsos. The discussion is expected to center on the intelligence agency’s role in the surveillance case.
Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas has also been called to testify before the committee. Opposition parties want to question his recent decision to keep the wiretapping case closed, despite a previous court ruling that had called for further investigation into possible espionage charges and additional individuals not previously included in the inquiry. Tzavellas has indicated he will not attend the proceedings.
According to parliamentary sources, the hearing will not be open to the public because it involves matters related to national security.
The request for the officials’ appearance was jointly submitted by several opposition parties, including PASOK, SYRIZA, New Left, Niki, the Communist Party of Greece and Course of Freedom.
The upcoming session is expected to reignite political debate over transparency, judicial oversight and the handling of one of the country’s most closely watched political scandals.
