Alexis Tsipras said that "there is no Baltakos Gate, there is a Samaras Gate," alluding to the scandal involving a publicised discussion between Baltakos and Kasidiaris.

Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou on Friday replied to statements by main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), saying they served only to confirm the party as an "advocate of Golden Dawn and underminer of Greece's stability."

Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, called for the resignation of Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias and Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou.