Sinka vindicated as his name is removed from PEGA's final report

The European Parliament has finally acknowledged the completely incorrect inclusion of Alexandros Sinka's name in the PEGA Commission's report on the Predator software and removed his name from the final text.

The report was ratified on 15 June by the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In the draft of the report, prominent lawyer Alexandros Sinka was characterised as the key person for the transfer of the Predator from Cyprus to Greece, based on non-existent and unsubstantiated references in relevant publications. This was a blatant violation of Sinka’s fundamental rights and called into question the material included in the entire PEGA investigation.

In essence, the rapporteur, MEP Sophia In't Veld, and the members of the Committee of the European Parliament stigmatised Sinka and attacked his reputation, without investigating or certifying further.

For months, the legal advisor of Alexandros Sinkas in Brussels and specialist in European Law, Nikos Korogiannakis, sent letters to the rapporteur, the President of the MEP Committee Jeroen Lenaers, and also to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

Through the letters of his legal advisor, Sinka denied what was attributed to him in the report and highlighted the violations of his rights. In addition, Korogiannakis presented the legal opinion of the renowned expert on European Law, Sir Nicholas Forwood, who was a judge of the General Court of the EU for 16 years.

The opinion confirmed numerous violations of the regulations of the European Parliament itself and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. against Sinka. All of the above resulted in the vindication of Sinka and the removal of his name from the final text of the report.

"Happy end to a months-long adventure"

In his statement, after the official ratification of the PEGA report by the plenary session of the European Parliament, in which his name was no longer mentioned, Sinka emphasised the following:

"Today, a months-long adventure with costs at every level, had a happy ending.

The European Parliament voted to remove the reference to my name, from the final report of the PEGA committee, on the subject of surveillance. Just as the Committee's Rapporteur herself had suggested. Everything that I have so long stated publicly, nominally, and based on data, has been fully confirmed.

Specifically: From the first moment that reports emerged, in the middle of a toxic pre-election period, about my alleged involvement in the surveillance issue, I immediately and publicly stated that I had no involvement and no knowledge of this matter.

Nevertheless, these non-existent reports were included in the draft report of the European Parliament, without any research or documentation, and only for political expediencies that are beyond me.

The restoration of the truth by removing the reference to my name is the result of the effort of my legal advisers and my team of partners, who in full transparency proceeded with a series of public letters and legal opinions to the European Parliament, proving the non-existent and unsubstantiated reports and related publications.

To my family, my partners, and my friends: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your trust and support."

"A particularly problematic report..."

Legal circles stress that the reference to Sinka as being involved in the case, which was based on an unsubstantiated press report, without any confirmation from any source, was particularly problematic.

Retaining the name of Sinka, after the actions of his legal advisers and what they have demonstrated, would damage the credibility of the entire surveillance report and therefore the credibility of the European Parliament.

(Source: InBusinessNews)