The overall strategy for modernizing and enhancing its credibility OPECEPE presented the Minister of Rural Development and food, Costas Tsiaras, In the House, while stressing that “ensuring the smooth flow of European resources is a top priority for the government”.
Answering a timely question by her Member Sauce Alexandros Kazami, He talked about chronic distortions in the operation of the organization, and admitted that “there were no institutional grazing plans” and that “lack of personal and technological tools allowed virtual statements pasture Without connection with livestock. “
‘Since 2015 onwards, the possibility of a statement was given pasture who had nothing to do with livestock facilities, while in 2017, with a new ministerial decision, It was given the opportunity to certify pasture even without animal capital. This has essentially opened a “back door” that altered the logic of the aid system, “he said.
To restore legality and enhance the functionality of OPECEPEthe Minister announced the application Planin cooperation with the Directorate -General for Agriculture of the European Commission, with a twelve -month duration and evaluation next September.
The plan includes:
• Continuous supervision of OPECEPE from the ministry. • Restore responsibility for grazing plans to YPATA.
• Completion of the information subsystem through a program contract with the “Information Society”.
• Transfer of OPEKEPE to AADE.
“The reconstruction of the Board of Directors is a clear message of transparency,” he noted, adding “it is imperative to move on to a new era for OPEKEPE – Age of Transparency and Justice.”
The minister argued that the ministry fully cooperated with European Public Prosecutor’s Office:
“We facilitated access to data and research must continue without shadows, with the aim of fully responsible for responsibility.”
To remove the former president of OPEKEPE, Dimitris Salata, Mr. Tsiaras said:
“Our cooperation was unhindered and his work is reflected in the results – timely payments, timely posting by IACS. The disagreement was due to a single fact: that it broadcast a message that is far from the government’s position towards the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. “
With reference to OPECEPE’s proposal to AADEthe Minister defended the idea:
“OR AADE It is the only body with proven know -how at the level of real and internal controls. If we do not realize that the integration of OPECEPE In AADE it is the only real solution, then we just have a discussion of the image – not about the essence. I personally have nothing to fear or hide. “