PDF《January 10, 2018》

January 10,

2018 We the undersigned organizations and individuals call on Greek authorities to halt the legal proceedings against Andreas Georgiou, the former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), and other senior ELSTAT officials for their ELSTAT work under Georgiou'

s leadership 2010-2015.

The Government deficit and debt figures, produced by ELSTAT under Dr. Georgiou'

s stewardship, have been validated numerous times by Eurostat as complying with the highest international standards. Further, Dr. Georgiou during his tenure leading ELSTAT strictly followed the best practice statistical principles enshrined in European Union and Greek law. The continued prosecutions of Dr. Georgiou for his work, many times after findings of innocence―amounting to double or even potentially triple jeopardy―are troubling on multiple levels. The prosecutions undermine the current production of Greek statistical figures, which in turn undermines Greece'

s efforts to end its cycles of economic crises, and attract foreign investment. Trusted, credible statistical data are a cornerstone of a well-functioning democracy and a healthy economy. The prosecutions also violate the scientific freedom and human rights of Dr. Georgiou and his colleagues to present their scientifically derived statistical data without interference and to extend and disseminate knowledge for the good of humanity.

1 In summary, we call on Greek authorities to drop its prosecutions of Dr. Georgiou and his colleagues, exonerate them of past convictions, and drop ongoing investigations relating to their official ELSTAT Work. Further, the Greek Government should apologize on behalf of the Greek State to Dr. Georgiou for the appalling treatment he and his colleagues have endured over a protracted period at the hands of the Greek State for essentially doing their duty to the highest standards. Organizational Signers

46 as of March 5,

2018 American Association for Public Opinion Research American Educational Research Association American Sociological Association American Statistical Association Association of Public Data Users Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Center for Human Rights Science, Carnegie Mellon University Center for Liberal Studies - Markos Dragoumis Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc.

1 https://www.aaas.org/page/committee-scientific-freedom-and-responsibility Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik (DAGStat) Dimiourgia Xana Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society Finances Publiques et Economie (FIPECO) German Statistical Society Groupe des Ecoles Nationales d'

Economie et Statistique (GENES) Haver Analytics Human Rights Data Analysis Group International Indian Statistical Association Institute of Mathematical Statistics Inter-American Statistical Institute International Association for Statistical Education International Association for Official Statistics International Association for Research in Income and Wealth International Association of Survey Statisticians International Statistical Institute Irish Statistical Association Israel Statistical Association Kent Consultancy Ltd (UK) Korean International Statistical Society McDougall Scientific Ltd. National Association for Business Economics New Zealand Statistical Association Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Representatives of the Empirical Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences in the German Data Forum (RatSWD) Royal Statistical Society of Belgium Sense About Science USA Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland Statistical Society of Australia Statistical Society of Canada / Société statistique du Canada Statistics Iceland Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics The International Environmetrics Society Western North American Region (WNAR) of the International Biometric Society Individual Signers