{"id":15282,"date":"2026-05-01T01:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/prosecutors-denounce-lawyers-call-for-resignation-over-wiretapping-case\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:45:42","slug":"prosecutors-denounce-lawyers-call-for-resignation-over-wiretapping-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/prosecutors-denounce-lawyers-call-for-resignation-over-wiretapping-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors denounce lawyers\u2019 call for resignation over wiretapping case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302499\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Justice1-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Justice1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Prosecutors denounce lawyers\u2019 call for resignation over wiretapping case\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Justice1-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Association of Greek Prosecutors has condemned as \u201cimpermissible interference\u201d a call by the Athens Bar Association for the resignation of Supreme Court prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas over his handling of the wiretapping case.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the prosecutors\u2019 association said the bar association\u2019s request fell outside any constitutional or legislative framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration of justice is governed exclusively by the Constitution and the laws and is not subject to pressures or interventions that seek to influence judicial judgment or substitute for institutional control procedures,\u201d the association said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Tzavellas said there is no basis to reopen the archived wiretapping case, tied to the Predator spyware, concluding that evidence aired in court does not constitute new material.<\/p>\n<p>The main opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, one of the targets of the wiretapping operation, called for a parliamentary inquiry into the wiretapping case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1302499\/prosecutors-denounce-lawyers-call-for-resignation-over-wiretapping-case\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] The Association of Greek Prosecutors has condemned as \u201cimpermissible interference\u201d a call by the Athens Bar Association for the resignation of Supreme Court prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas over his handling of the wiretapping case. 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