Intervention by the Areios Pagos for Posts Targeting the Special Investigating Judge Handling the Train Collision Case

In an urgent directive, the prosecutor has requested the Chief Prosecutor of the First Instance Court of Athens, Aristidis Kora, to investigate posts targeting the special investigating judge handling the case of the train collision tragedy. The Areios Pagos prosecutor attached a specific post in her directive to Mr. Kora and requested an immediate preliminary investigation into self-reporting offenses. Prosecutor Adelinis mentioned so-called self-appointed defenders of institutions who ‘show no fear of anything, serving humbly various interests, and in reality, whether through public statements or actions and posts, are harming the heart of Democracy.’ The prosecutor’s urgent directive is as follows: At a time when Justice, through its constitutionally established organs, including the appointed judge from the Larissa Court, strives and struggles in our place to respond to the fair and universal social demand for revealing the truth about the Tempi tragedy, self-appointed defenders of institutions, who show no fear of anything, serve humbly various interests and harm the heart of Democracy with their actions. Not only do they suggest to society that justice should be delivered through vigilantism, medieval practices, and popular courts, but they go further. They insult and slander institutions and those who represent them, targeting them with posts like the one attached, which incites crimes and violence against these individuals and attempts to exert improper influence over judicial officials, violating the Penal Code. The post in question, made on social media by T.K (details provided), reads: ‘This is the savior Bakaimis, perjurer judge-investigator assigned the Tempi case after it was taken away from three other non-compliant investigators, including the Larissa prosecution whose son was abducted for coercion! He is a servile lackey holding crucial evidence in his pocket to obstruct the work of Justice. He ordered the fabrication of Kapernarou videos and the seizure of hard drives from the OSE security company. Expose him online!!!’ Please take urgent action to conduct a preliminary investigation into self-reporting offenses and inform us accordingly.