Androulakis lashes out at PM, ND spokesman says Pasok leader should say why his phone was tapped

Centre-left PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis has demanded that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally answer why his phone was tapped by Greece's EYP National Intelligence Service before and after the European Parliament MP became a candidate in the race for the party leadership, between September and December, 2021.

Mitsotakis is scheduled to issue a public explanation of events tomorrow.

Government officials have attributed the uproar to a "toxic" environment, and the PM has in the past stated that he will call early elections only if a "toxic political environment" hinders the government from carrying out its work.

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The affair has by all appearances eliminated the prospect of New Democracy and PASOK-KINAL collaborating in a coalition government (as ND had hoped) if the ruling party fails to garner an absolute parliamentary majority in the next elections, which will be held under a proportional representation electoral law, and most likely even after a repeat general election if Mitsotakis fails or refuses to form a coalition government.

Androulakis in a lengthy Facebook post accused the government and "far-right elements" of "inundating the public dialogue with vulgar leaks" against him.

He also slammed the government's move to claim that foreign countries - Ukraine and Armenia, whose embassies in Athens denied ever having made any such request - allegedly requested that he be placed under surveillance.

'Mitsotakis has an obligation to answer'

"Mr, Mitsotakis, who personally decided to place EYP under his direct and exclusive jurisdiction and who changed the institutional framework to appoint his...