Payment of “suspicious” VAT IDs under prosecutorical audit proceeded in 2020 OPECEPE According to the House of Inquiry Committee, the former Director of Technical Controls of the Organization Athanasia Reppa.
According to the witness, the payment was made because the then president of OPEKEPE Gregory Varra did not order a commitment to the specific VAT including the farmer with Ferrari and Porsche Christos cooking.
The Witness Dialogue with SYRIZA MP Santa Claus Kokkalis is as follows:
B. Kokkalis: He sends a report reference to the Trikala case concerning Mr. Koo and others. Did they continue to be paid?
Reppa Athlete: When a report is sent, the address or service he had taken is informed. If we do not have any information from the President, payments continue normally. I want to say that we had no command from the president in this direction. We say what is foreseen. In the past there was. It was foreseen that producers who have some criminal prosecution is not granted the compensation.
B. Kokkalis: But now they are not paid
Reppa Athlete: “The administration may have ordered.”
B. Kokkalis: To conclude that this case continued to be paid?
Athos Reppa: “Yes”.
Witness: “Varra asked us to pay with the technical solution of 2019”
In addition, Ms Reppa revealed that Mr Varras was pressing the competent services to use the 2019 technical solution to make grazing distributions and payments for 2020 aid.
It is recalled that it is the same technical solution that the then Minister of Rural Development Makis Voridis agreed (signed by “Agree”) and for which Mr Varras denounced him to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for a breach of duty as commented by the MP.
The dialogue on the examination is as follows:
Reppa Athlete: “Through the imprinting of the findings that emerged from checks, we observed an increase in livestock and discussed that we would manage the case with a possible modification of the technical solution. There were meetings without clear instructions by Mr. Varra. The 2nd informative note was drawn up and we raised the problems with the plea to reach the minister and make decisions to settle. So while we were asking Mr Varra at the meetings to convey the matter to the minister every time he returned, he told us that he did not talk about it. Unfortunately we arrived in September 2020 and nothing had been done. No change in the way of allocation and the ministerial decision, but we had to move on to be able to move on to the advance in October. Mr Varras insisted on using the distribution of 2019 as it was not to have to discuss the minister again. ”
M. Lazaridis: The distribution of which Mr Varra today blames Mr Voridis
Athos Reppa: “Yes. He insisted very much to use the same distribution. We explained that the distribution could not be firm. The decision states criteria for reductions in land if the producer has reduced his flock. ”
M Lazaridis: ‘Tell us what the results were’
Reppa Athlete: “Well, the result was on the criteria of 2019 to distribute the advance payment of 2020. There was no distribution to newcomers and young farmers who had applications in Crete. We were instructed by the president not to distribute these producers. We disagreed because it was a violation of the decision since they had production and active exploitation. The highlight of this collaboration was that in October shortly before leaving OK. Varra sent us a document and leaves us. The document is addressed to me dated 30.10.2020, that is, 4-5 days after the advance and lacks us all actions for the 2019 allocation in 2020 based on the ministerial decision he is mentioned. “
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