Former PM Tsipras deplores erosion of rule of law in Greece; gov’t responds

Former leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday criticized the purported erosion of the rule of law in Greece under the conservative New Democracy government, accusing judicial authorities of failing to investigate or even covering up several high-profile cases.

Tsipras, who served as prime minister from 2015 to 2019, was speaking in Parliament during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Greece's ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe.

"We can reasonably hope that the institutions of the Council of Europe will contribute to resolving cases that represent the biggest black marks and open wounds of the rule of law in our homeland, which, unfortunately, have emerged in recent years," he said.

The former SYRIZA leader explicitly referenced the wiretapping scandal involving...