Two other bills go to Parliament within 15 days and concern the major issue of phone surveillance for public security purposes and the fight against organized crime.
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs got a first taste of the bill approved 15 days ago by the Council of Ministers, which expands the offenses for which a request can be submitted by the Attorney General to a Court for the lifting of telecommunications secrecy. The discussion was held in a closed session of the Committee and off the agenda and was attended by the General and the Assistant Attorney General and the Minister of Justice and Public Order together with officials.
The most important thing in the bill, which provokes debate, concerns the granting of powers to the Attorney General under exceptional conditions, to give permission to the KYP or the Chief of Police, to intercept telephone conversations only for reasons of state security. For the first time, the Court is being bypassed, which is why there are reactions on the part of the MPs, who will hardly be convinced to consent to such a thing.
However, the goal of the government and the Minister of Justice is for the bill to be passed immediately before the dissolution of the current Parliament, in order to give a powerful weapon in the fight against organized crime. The MPs were informed yesterday that two more bills are being prepared to implement the bill that was discussed yesterday and it was decided that everything will be discussed as soon as the MPs have it in their hands. It is expected that with the new bills, the concerns of MPs will be dispelled by the provision for direct power to the respective Attorney General to approve the surveillance of phones without the approval of a Judge.
According to the bill, the new provision added by the amendment of the Constitution and allowing the interception of phones only with the written approval of the Attorney General, states: "Following the written approval of the Attorney General of the Republic given in accordance with the provisions of the law, the intervention is a measure that in a democratic society is necessary only in the interest of preventing and dealing with activities that constitute a threat to security and security. sovereignty of the Republic".
