Alexis Tsipras accuses the prime minister of anti-democratic behavior regarding Baltakos case

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Monday addressed a letter to Parliament President Evangelos Meimarakis, urging him to set a date for an off-the-agenda debate on "revelations concerning the close relations between the former cabinet secretary (Panagiotis Baltakos) with the neo-Nazi organization of Golden Dawn and his allegations of judiciary manipulation".
 
In his letter, Tsipras pointed out that 25 days after a request for an off-the-agenda discussion no date has been set, adding that in the past two years, SYRIZA's Parliamentary Group has tabled five such requests of which only one has been met. He noted that "in the past two years, he has tabled 15 current questions addressed to the prime minister who did not respond in person to any of them", and underlined that the prime minister has not responded in person to any of the 60 current questions that have been addressed to him by the Parliamentary groups.
 
"Such provocative and anti-democratic behavior, such contempt for democracy and Parliament's Rules of Procedure is unprecedented," he underlined, adding that "former prime ministers Simitis, Karamanlis and Papandreou responded to 109 questions during their terms," while "Papadimos, who served a total of six months in office, responded to three current questions".