The former Deputy Minister of Rural Development appeared in Ertnews, Dionysus Stamenite where he referred to the OPECEPE scandal and his resignation from his institutional position. “There is no request for personal service, and the dialogue that appeared as my own is a product of a cutter,” the former Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Dionysus, was accepted by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“I had no responsibility, it wasn’t in my responsibilities the OPEKEPE, I didn’t even manage money, “he said, speaking to ERTNEWS and the” Connections “show.
As he stated: ‘Indeed the day that The case file came out for OPEKEPE, a dialogue of mine appeared, Product of cutter. It is a complete lie, there is nowhere in the case file. There are 250 seconds recorded and there is no irregularity.
I can’t figure out how journalists got a question that I was asked by a producer about how to change the corn. In his case file, I make it clear that this cannot be done and I request confirmation from the President of OPECEPEPE».
However, ‘creates policies Impressions that I appear in contact »He pointed out, adding: “It was a one -way street for my resignation to facilitate the government and the prime minister to continue a very important effort that OPEKEPE can be resolved and to see where they have received illegal subsidies. What is given is that my record has nothing to do with and because I found that there was that cutter actions that I had not said, I resigned. “
Dionysis Stamenite He said the issue is for the government to proceed as 3.5 billion come from the EU for action in the agricultural sector While there is a struggle to eliminate pathogens of the past.
“Since 2020, many cases have been sent to justice for illegal subsidies. It has been an attempt by 2019 to eliminate the pathogens. Obviously we didn’t have the expected results, so OPECEPE was abolished by the prime minister.
There were no grazing plans As the regions were unable, there was no land registration for cross -checking, OPEKEPE did not have the necessary staff for checks, nor an appropriate information system, “said Dionysis Stamenitis.