Former President Dimitris Melas, who was in this position from March 2021 to July 2022, attempted to defend his term of office.
It should be noted that the case file forwarded to Parliament last July includes numerous conversations by Mr Mela, which leave heavy shadows for the period 2021-2022 during which he was headed by the organization.
Called to answer the content of the dialogues that show him talking about paying money or for gifts he hastened to argue that “it matters what happened in practice”. He then admitted, however, that he received a watch as a gift for irrelevant – as he said – a case and not for OPECEPE.
The excerpt of his deposit is as follows:
Dimitris Melas: Dialogue has a content for many reasons. The important thing is what has been done. The dialogue takes place for a variety of reasons. Many times to manage situations or why you talk to friends. But the essence is in practice. I never made illegal payment I demanded or blackmailed to get an amount
Milena Apostolaki: Did they give you without wanting them? When someone offers you money and you say that you will not get money from him and finally got a clock what to conclude?
D. Melas: A man had filed a request, he was inspected, his VAT was pledged but after re -examination he was released and had to enter the payments. He called and asked to enter October’s payments instead of waiting for the next.
M. Apostolakis: Your view is interesting.
D Mela: I never got anything
M. Apostolaki: Only watch. Did you get the clock?
D. Melas: I got it. It was a matter for another issue for a real estate issue and because he would get a commission he wanted to give me a gift. Was a commercial Swatch clock from Italy
It should be noted that Mr Melas is already accused, inter alia, of the submission of a document and a breach of duty, but he himself said that the accusation of hypotension is “completely disadvantaged”, as he has never signed a document.
On the other hand, on the other hand, there is charges of setting up a criminal organization by the European Prosecutor, he replied that “I am not within them”.
In addition, the witness argued that he was discussing and met with many Members of all parties as he was conveyed to him – as he said – farmers and farmers of their constituencies. “Those who were asking for something illegal did so unknowingly. They said that their locals had been transferred to them,” he said later. However, Mr Mela’s phrase that he met then with a member of the examination without naming him sparked the reaction of independent MP Alexandros Avlonitis.
“You throw your dirt on the committee. Tell us the name of the MP to exclude him from the committee,” the MP said.
On Tuesday the deposit of Varra
It should be noted that according to planning next Tuesday 7.10, the former president of OPEKEPE Gregory Varra will be examined while work will continue with the examination of Vice -Presidents and Directors of the Organization.