“In June we blocked 30,244 VAT ID, upon recommendation of officials,” OPECEPE Vice President said
The assurance that Pillar II payments, originally scheduled for June 2025, will be made very soon, his vice president provided OPECEPEIoannis Kaimakamis, during his deposition at edisintegration committee of the House for Agricultural Aid. At the same time, he emphasized that the perpetrators of the irregularities have been identified and that the illegal abuse would be refunded.
Asked by the majority rapporteur, ND MP Makarios Lazaridis, he said that these payments were not made because the checks were not completed on June 30, 2025, and gaps were found in the payment. ‘These gaps have been overcome’Ioannis Kaimakamis stressed and added that the listings of the checks were now made and the system is running and we will soon go to payments.
Asked by Makarios Lazaridis if there are pressures or interventions that may affect the organization’s administrative function, the OPECEPE Vice President said that there were no such interventions that could raise such questionswhile asking if the technical advisers are doing the job well, he said that as an administration we inherited the contracts signed in 2023, and which “They are executed in the most institutional way.”
“What we receive for the deliverables comes through a specific established committee designated by the Agency by a previous administration. So far, and as far as I am in the organization I have not found that it deviates from what is some of the contracts, “he added.
As for whether the government’s decision to transfer OPEKEPE to AADE is in the right direction, John Kaimakamis said that, in a purely technocratic way, it is a move that will show a result in the next near future. “I think the transition to AADE has to add a ‘plus’ to the whole debate.”
In questions from the minority rapporteur, PASOK MP Milena Apostolakis, Ioannis Kaimakakis said that He was not aware of the intention of former OPEKEPE President, Mr Salata, to go against the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and for the delays of June’s payments to biological, livestock and beekeeping, he said there was a need for further controls. “Along with the dry, sometimes the green are burned. This action will bring more administrative transparency to the payments of the real beneficiaries of organic farming, livestock and beekeeping and will offset this delay in the future, this injustice suffered by the honest producers, ”Mr Kaimakamis said.
In a question by SYRIZA MP Vassilis Kokkalis, he replied that Mr Salatas did not realize that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office was controlled, while who was responsible for the money eaten in the organization, he said: “We will learn the culprits, as all cases were referred to justice. We give elements to the European and Greek authorities. Those who have abused money will recover it. “ As for whether there was a “circuit” in OPEKEPE, he said: “I can’t decide on it. More evidence is needed to give such a view of publications and from a surrounding atmosphere.
He also pointed out that he has received complaints to his personal electronic mailbox, which he forwarded to the prosecutor’s Office. “We have blocked 30,244 VAT in June, following the recommendation of officials, with suspicions of misconduct and non -lawsuit,” OPEKEPE Vice President said.