The transmission to the House of Representatives of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for OPEKEPE was made “For reasons of strict institutional formality,” Lefteris Avgenakis arguesin view of the debate on the proposals of PASOK and SYRIZA-New Left for the establishment of a preliminary committee. For the issue of dismissing former OPECEPE President Evangelos Simandrakos, the former Minister of Rural Development reports a series of incidents to argue that it was “due to cumulative problems of operation and efficiency”.
The relevant information note states that there is no “absolutely criminal indication” against him, and that “or European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has not been prosecuted, but has forwarded “unexpected” to the House. He has not been charged, nor has he attributed any guilt to the former Ministers of Rural Development, Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis Voridis. ” The former minister’s note stresses that there is no evidence in the case file showing that political pressure has been exerted, as third parties hint at their transcript talks. It degrades the importance of the case file, stating that “according to the European Public Prosecutor’s annual report for 2024, there were 2,666 active cases at the end of the year, with criminal prosecutions in just 205 cases within the same year, less than 8%”.
Concerning the removal of Ev. Simandrakou argues, among other things, that there were “problematic payments”, “problematic collaboration” with OPECEPE officials, “unjustified delay in control of thousands of committed VAT”, etc. At the same time He argues that he did not refer to a committed VAT ID, nor to pressure, to any of the 4 informative notes he sent, But not even during his resignation.
Lefteris Avgenakis He accuses PASOK of “choosing the” political cunning “instead of institutional truth”and that it is submitting a pre -trial proposal by “clearly” aiming at the political targeting of itself, Maki Voridis and the Mitsotakis government. In addition, he accuses SYRIZA of adopting “political acting” attitude: “He introduced the technical solution and now appears to be” indignant “for its implementation. Whether he doesn’t know what he has established – or deliberately misleading. In both cases, it is exposed. “