Tsipras: Mitsotakis is 'hiding' he did not come to Parliament

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "is hiding, he did not come to Parliament" to respond to questions on phone tapping, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday.

Referring to the question he tabled in Parliament for the prime minister on wiretapping, and charging he did not show up, Tsipras told Star TV that "guilty parties hide. The prime minister is being checked by the Parliament and the European Parliament. He uses the excuse of confidentiality, hides key witnesses, threatens those revealing things with ten years in jail."

Tsipras referred to a list of individuals Documento newspaper claimed were wiretapped by the government - including Cabinet members - and said, "Mr Mitsotakis is guilty and does not come to Parliament to respond. I am not a detective, I am a leader of the main opposition and I table questions. I am asking Mr. Mitsotakis whether any of the 31 individuals revealed by Documento were also legally tracked. Let him come to Parliament to tell us that none of the 31 individuals were not legally tracked."