“The prime minister and the rest of the government designed a corrupt ‘Staff State’ to steal the subsidies of farmers and feed their own children. These are the “blue locusts”, which we see now being revealed lately, but the plan has been running for several years. A corrupt customer state. This was what Mr. Mitsotakis set up, “said SYRIZA-PS President, Socratesat a meeting on Monday, July 21 with farmers and representatives of cooperatives in Epanomi, Thessaloniki.
Socrates Famellos described the case of agricultural subsidies “the biggest scandal in the primary sector from the postwar period” and accused the government that, instead of planning policies to reduce production costs, tackling lack of labor, cooperative production and cooperative production, Non -existent herds, mainly in Crete. “We are talking about over -proliferation of declared sheep and goats within a few years. The costs for the agricultural sector is estimated to reach or exceed one billion euros, “he said.
The SYRIZA president spoke of an organized deception network, with political coverage by ND executives and tolerance for misleading practices even during OPEKEPE checks. “They set up a party army that alerted when to check to” set up “flocks on the day of the autopsy. A mechanism that tarnishes the rural world as a whole, “he said.
Socrates Famellos also denounced the attempt to transfer OPEKEPE’s responsibilities to AADE as an attempt to cover up: “The European Commission, in response to a question by SYRIZA-PS MEP and Left Vice President Costas Arvanitis, said he was ignorant of the transfer. AADE, who did not identify the VAT ID that illegally received millionsAh, now he is called upon to ‘clean’ the scandal instead of taking responsibility. This is a clear hooded business. “
In addition, he called on the government to accept the establishment of a preliminary committee, following the European Public Prosecutor’s intervention: “The House cannot represent the viewer when the EU calls for investigation into political involvement. If there is no political change, the truth will never be revealed and no one will be held accountable. “
At the same time, he reiterated SYRIZA’s proposals for the reconstruction of the rural economy:
• Reduce production costs through interventions in energy, supplies and VAT foods.
• Strengthening cooperatives and limiting the role of intermediaries.
• Modernization of ELGA based on modern natural disasters.
• Regulation of agricultural debts and support for producers to stay in the countryside.
“The money must return to real farmers. Get out of the skilled VAT and the resources turn to OPEKEPE to strengthen those in need. The Greek rural world can no longer withstand ridicule and loot, “he said.
S. Famellos closed his intervention addressing the producers: “If we do not know directly from you what is the real situation, we run the risk of losing our identity. And that is to represent the citizen, the worker, the farmer. Only together can we ensure the transparency, justice and the outdoor progress. “
The meeting was also attended by the Mayor of Thermaikos, T. Jekos, the SYRIZA-PS Thessaloniki MP, Katerina Notopoulou, the director of Mr. George Bakis and local party executives.