Ioanna Kourtovik, the attorney for Dimitris Koufontinas, the prisoner on hunger strike refuted every claim by Sofia Nikolaou, Secretary General for Anti-Crime Policy, emphasizing that These are lies.
«That's a shame To be honest, that's a lie. I haven't been served with any decisions; I've been served with documents that refer to decisions. I have not been notified of the decisions themselves»Ioanna Kourtovik stated categorically.".
Speaking to Open, Ioanna Kourtovik explained that it is «a piece of paper with a stamp. It’s just a stamp. There’s no decision, no number, no signatures, no names. There’s no decision we can challenge.”. It's a mockery of me, the prisoner. ». 'What they're saying is shameful,' he told OPEN.".
«On December 28, a request was filed for his transfer to Korydallos, as required by law, which states that he must be returned to the prison where he was previously held, that is, in Korydallos. We have appealed wherever we can. The law It doesn't give me the right to appeal to the local court responsible for the enforcement of sentences if I have not had two appeals denied. Our first request received no response at all. Ignored. Missing and the second »which I sent requesting that the application be resubmitted, so that I would have two rejections and could appeal to the local competent court," emphasized Ioanna Kourtovik.
«Dimitris Koufontinas is just before falling into a coma, », ‘he is teetering between life and death,’ said Ioanna Kourtovik, Dimitris Koufontinas’s defense attorney. Both the Supreme Court and the Council of State say that do not have the authority.
«You said earlier that it’s the prime minister’s decision, so which judge would dare to go against it?” asked Dimitris Koufontinas’s defense attorney pointedly. It is a political decision and can be resolved through a political response. The state must to right the wrong which was enacted as a tailor-made law. The law was tailor-made and unconstitutional; they drafted it specifically for Koufontinas, and they even said so at the time in Parliament—that they were drafting it «so that Koufontinas would finally leave the rural prisons.» They are even violating their own law; for two months now, they have failed to disclose the documents.
Dimitris Koufontinas served his sentence for 16 years in Korydallos, was transferred to a Type C prison, then returned to Korydallos, where he served his sentence from 2015 to 2018.
In August 2015, he went from Domokos to Avlona. There was an adult prison wing there. After 2–3 days, following intervention by unknown high-ranking officials, he was released and returned to Korydallos.
«Life is in his hands,» says Sofia Nikolaou
At the same time that Dimitris Koufontinas is on his 54th day of a hunger strike and his 8th day of a thirst strike, Sofia Nikolaou stated that things It's very simple.
The Secretary General for Anti-Crime Policy reiterated the narrative regarding blackmailing the government and a request for preferential treatment from Dimitris Koufontinas.
«His life is in his own hands,» he said, arguing that Dimitris Koufontinas’s sole objective is to blackmail the government.
The Secretary General for Anti-Crime Policy stated that Dimitris Koufontinas doesn't want to »to seek legal recourse, that his condition is stable, and that, following the prosecutor’s order, the doctors treating him will do everything necessary to address his health condition if needed.".
