Filenews 27 November 2025 - by Michalis Chatzivasilis
After intense efforts, a consensus was reached between the three institutions involved and the bill was prepared that provides for the introduction for the first time in the Republic, a procedure for reviewing the decisions of the Attorney General.
The Bill was forwarded today to the Council of Ministers by the Minister of Justice and Public Order Marios Hartsiotis and was approved. Now it will make its way to the Parliament to be incorporated into the package of 38 bills related to the reform of the Legal Service. It is the result of continuous meetings with the Supreme Court, the Attorney General and the Minister of Justice.
The bill, which very recently passed a legal technical review and the explanatory memorandum bears the signature of the Attorney General Giorgos Savvidis, provides for the procedure and the reasons why someone will be able to submit a request to the Supreme Court for the review of a decision of the General Public Prosecutor.
The control of the decisions of the Public Prosecutor General, as provided for in the bill, will be exercised in two stages: the first internally by a Committee in the Legal Service by Prosecutors and the second at the request of an affected person or his lawyer, to a judge of the Supreme Court.
It is noted that the decisions of the General Public Prosecutor for the suspension of criminal prosecution for cases registered before the Criminal Court and for any suspension of criminal prosecution will be subject to review. For cases that are registered before a District Court and criminal prosecution is suspended, then another procedure will be provided and they will have to be publicly justified before a judge.
Bills are pending in the Parliament that separate the dual role of the Attorney General, while with the bill approved today by the Council of Ministers, the un-auditability of the General Public Prosecutor that will be created with the passage of the bills will be abolished.
