Free those sentenced to imprisonment up to five years

This amendment is provided by the Minister of Justice Charalambos Athanassiou and now the landscape around the conversion of sentences becomes clear, as in practice controversy was observed in courts due to lack of transitional provision n.4093/2012, whether or not they can convert the sentences accordingly, since the law only occupied cases that hadn't been heard irrevocably, only for those pending. Plus with this amendment, for reasons of equal treatment of convicted, the conversion of prison sentences expands up to five years for cases irreversible. Namely those prisoners already serving sentences up to five years before this publication will be released immediately. The number of these prisoners is, however, reportedly small, while for these conversions the Court which delivered the judgment will be responsible, after summoning the applicant.

Curfew and not the night at GADA

By the same amendment, in case of disagreement between the investigator and the prosecutor for the custody of the accused after the apology, by order of the investigator a house arrest of the accused will me imposed until the settlement of the dispute by the judicial council, without limiting in any other way the individual rights. In the meantime, until the decision of the appropriate board, the house arrest of the accused, the removal of his passport or equivalent travel document and the prohibition from leaving the country shall be imposed, not an arrest warrant which leads to a temporary detention at the Police Department. The promotion procedure in positions of President, the Vice Council of State, the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court is also altered, as the General Commissioner of the Supreme Court or of the General Commissioner of State of Administrative Courts, so within the selection process, the opinion of the Conference of Presidents of Parliament will not be a stage, after the hearing the candidates. This was decided because the setting was problematic constitutionality and didn't work in practice after the previous change.