In the morning, the Auditor General of the Republic, Odysseas Michailidis, sent a written complaint against the newspaper "Politis" to the Chief of Police, in order to investigate any criminal offenses, in connection with the publication of intercepted e-mails.
Citing an article of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Michailidis complains to the newspaper that in its current edition he publishes messages that he has exchanged with his legal advisor, which is the Legal Service of the Republic.
The article, says the auditor general, reveals the real intentions and motives of the specific newspaper, which, in fact, as a threat, announced today 's article in a tweet from its editor - in - chief.
Odysseas Michailidis also points out that the newspaper's intimidation of threatening state officials and transmitting intercepted e-mails should concern those who rushed in the past few days to believe it, in an unacceptable way, by allegedly violating the law. serves the public interest.
The Auditor General characterizes the content of the article as false, immoral and malicious and accuses the newspaper of distorting and falsifying facts, as well as of serving private interests.
Citizen newspaper
The e-mails of Eleni Loizidou are left exposed and the Auditor General supports in today's publication the newspaper "POLITIS", which complains that Odysseas Michailidis, illegally participated in the drafting of the opinion of the Legal Service.
The e-mails, the newspaper reports, reveal that Odysseas Michailidis, in order to gain control by his office of the case of the transfer of the convicted Panagiotis Neokleous to Melathro Agoniston, illegally collaborated with the Attorney General and the prosecutor Elenou of the Legal Service to the Department of Prisons.
The opinion from the Legal Service was requested by the Ministry of Health, before disclosing sensitive personal data of the convict to the Auditor General.
The newspaper complains that the negotiations between the heads of the two institutions took place behind the back of the general director of the Ministry of Health, Christina Giannaki.
S. Paroutis - intervention
In an intervention on the show "FROM DAY TO DAY", the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "POLITIS", Sotiris Paroutis, stated that by reporting it to the police, Mr. Michailidis, in fact, is asking for the prosecution and imprisonment of the newspaper's journalists.
He stressed that in a benevolent state, there should be no sacred cows and called on the Auditor General to give convincing answers and leave the accusations of alleged motives of the newspaper.
He wondered how Odysseas Michailidis ruled that it was an interception after the controversial messages were posted on the internet.
She recalled that prosecutor Loizidou was exchanging e-mails with Odysseas Michailidis, using her personal e-mail instead of the state's top security issues.
Editor: Katerina Milioti, Stavroula Stergidou
Source: RIK News