The way in which the prime minister leading the current government chose to handle the extremely serious issue of the merciless beating of a citizen in a public place by law enforcement officers is reminiscent of dark times in this country's history.
The line of defense adopted by Maximos, in response to the numerous videos posted online by ordinary citizens depicting the entire history of state violence, is that of filing.
This file includes:
- Publication the first and last name of the young man who was beaten up
- References to policy his choice
- Extremely serious categories that he attempted to take a police officer's weapon
- Lies about his arrest during a march for Dimitris Koufontinas
The orchestration
Η command was given on Sunday evening by the New Democracy party through the non-paper sent to MPs and officials, the well-known «Pulse of the Day.».
As shown in the relevant excerpt, New Democracy gives instructions on how executives should respond. He instructs them to disclose the full name of the young man who was beaten and accuse him of trying to take a police officer's service weapon.
Ο Ioannis Pappas, Member of Parliament for the Dodecanese representing the New Democracy party, He was the first to rush to publicize the party line on Sunday at midnight.
Then baton taken by the New Democracy MP Kostas Kyranakis, who made the young man's name public while speaking on Open.
At the same time, he accused him of attempting to take away a weapon, spoke about his political activities, and falsely claimed that he had been arrested during a march for Dimitris Koufontinas.
A little while later Minister of the Interior Makis Voridis took office, from SKAI television channel. And Makis Voridis, in his statement, used the arguments of Maximos and Piraeus.
The questions that Maximos and Piraeus must answer
The logic adopted by the government and the New Democracy party raises serious questions that they are called upon to answer.
1) Did Maximos and New Democracy know that the citizen had participated in a demonstration in support of Koufontina? Had he been arrested?;
2) Even if he had been arrested, how did they gain access to this information?;
3) Why is there no internal investigation by the police into who provided this information to the government and the New Democracy party?;
