“We cannot a priori shoot someone, we are not the ones doing the investigation” he added speaking to ERT. “I’m not sure protocol was followed. Much more had to be done so that this girl was not murdered,” the government representative emphasized at another point.
“A tragedy happened in Agioi Anargyros, a femicide,” continued Mr. Marinakis. “We would be political frauds if we said that we will eliminate phenomena of domestic violence, but many measures have been taken to deal with it,” he added.
Regarding the Tempi case, Mr. Marinakis underlined: “there should not be any shadow surrounding this case”. He clarified that “we have not refused any request for a preliminary investigation committee”.
Commenting on the developments in the Spartan party, he said: “There is no way that the now independent Spartan MPs will join New Democracy.”
Regarding the conference of New Democracy, Mr. Marinakis said: “It is a conference with three main goals: It is a historical conference, so a conference commemorating 50 years, a conference of gathering, unity and thirdly, it marks the beginning of a pre-election period.”
Earlier, the government representative had stated: “Tragically what happened, the dialogues we will learn from the investigation are some things that are obvious, what we heard on the phone is sad, but it does not characterize EL.AS as a whole, the guard he didn’t get news, there are no excuses, anyone looking for excuses is blind. We are fighting the hardest battle to uproot established mindsets and pathogens. And with persistence and commitment we will try to achieve it”.
Mr. Marinakis also stated that: “The government reinstated life sentences for homicide – the strictest punishment provided by our judicial system is life sentences, those who ask for the term femicide – which we socially accept and the prime minister – practically what they are saying is to reinstate the death penalty. If you say I will do different things and eliminate the phenomenon of femicide, then you are a political fraud. I believe that we cannot say that the solution is to take the head politically, we need to see what the minister has done, it has measurable results”.
Measures against gender and domestic violence:
-18 operational domestic violence counter offices, the goal is to become 45
-Panic Button: special EL.AS instant notification application, 1,367 women installed it
-270 women used and were effectively protected SOS line 15900 (for reporting incidents of violence)
-44 counseling centers (they offer free counseling, as they have a psychosocial and legal service)
-20 guest houses
Chrysochoidis plan for EL.AS.
In a plan for the protection of women who resort to the Police as they are in danger, the Ministry of Citizen Protection is moving forward, with Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis thinking about what the first moves of the Hellenic Police will be, in the wake of the murder of the 28-year-old woman outside the A/T of Aghii Anargyri. In particular, according to Mega, tomorrow there will be an online meeting of the Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, the head of the Police and the staff of the Greek National Police.
The main thing is that in the next period of time a set of instructions will be presented on what should be done in these cases.
In addition, it appears to have been decided that a domestic violence complainant will be held in a secure location until the person threatening the victim is identified.
Specifically, according to the same information, the plan provides that when a woman complains that she is in danger, she will be held in a safe place at the Police Station or in another place, such as a security hostel.
The woman will stay in the specific area until the one who threatens her is identified. The goal is to identify the perpetrator and protect the person being threatened.
Kasselakis: There is no empathy
“Security with empathy, this is what our country needs”, stressed Stefanos Kasselakis, with SYRIZA insisting on the need for legal recognition of the term femicide, calling for the resignation of Michalis Chrysochoidis.
Speaking to ZARPAFM, the president of SYRIZA said: “There must be a faster and faster response to such incidents. Something is wrong institutionally, it is not human error. It’s one thing to punish policemen and another to find solutions so that women are not killed. Of course there are also political and operational responsibilities. The situation does not change only if low-ranking police officers are fired.”
PASOK: “A colossal failure”
Harilaou Trikoupi also spoke about the failure of the government in terms of security. Dimitris Manzios, parliamentary representative of PASOK-KINAL speaking to ANT1 commented: “It is a colossal failure in security matters, here the Greek Police functioned and functions as a public service, without training, expertise, awareness for issues of gender-based violence”.
Fierce reactions from the other opposition parties as well. “We do not accept a young girl being murdered outside a police station. Shame and disgrace”, stressed the General Secretary of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoubas.
The president of Hellenic Solution, Kyriakos Velopoulos, said: “The cameras were not working in the police station. The other was under trial. Shattered state”.
“The daily revelations make the leadership of EL.AS and the minister of civil protection himself directly accountable”, points out the New Left.
Speaking to the Parliament, the head of Freedom of Navigation, Zoe Konstantopoulou, said: “With conditions that reveal in the most disgusting way the lack of infrastructure for the protection of women.” The government is sending a message to victims to continue reporting incidents of violence.
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