‘The Ministry of Development It is responsible for the regulatory framework, the legislation and not the control of the implementation of the provisions of public contracts, “the Minister of Development said, Takis Theodorikakos, Answering a timely question by the President of Freedom Cruise, Zoe Konstantopoulou, for the report of the Court of Auditors on Public Contracts.
Mr. Theodorikakos emphasized that transparency everywhere, for everyone and everything, is a fundamental principle for both himself and the government as a whole and in matters of morality and legality there can be no discounts. Recalled his recent legislative initiative Ministry of Development which created a special body of civil servants, trained appropriately for the conclusion and monitoring of public procurement and instituted wherever you were for all public officials involved, in addition to those for whom the relevant obligation was in force. Even reported to 1,400 investment plans older development laws not completed and with legislation of the Ministry of Development They are deleted “to quickly run the process of returning hundreds of millions of euros to the Greek State funds”.
Regarding the report of Court of Auditors, The Minister of Development replied that “the pre -contractual audit is mandatory prior to the signing of a contract, from 300,000 euros by the Court of Auditors Commissioner, from 1,700,000 euros from a step in terms of national resources and more than 5m euros in terms of money coming from EU scales. Without the consent of the Court of Auditors, no contract is signed. Therefore, nothing has happened anywhere. ” Even called Ms. Konstantopoulou If any illegality has existed, to report it publicly and deposit it to the prosecutor.
In his discipline, Mr. Theodorikakos stressed that “my firm position is that throwing mud in the fan is not good for democracy. Your phrase ‘how much more will eat’ is extreme and slanderous positioning and offers nothing in the role of democracy and responsibility that each of us must have for credibility in parliament. “
Finally, in terms of OPEKEPE, He replied that the government’s position in practice is one and clear: “Bring back the stolen.” And he continued that the government would also be judged for its effectiveness, stating that “it is a matter of credibility of our policy that money is starting to refund and to start the judicial proceedings against those who stole the Greek and the European taxpayer and have wronged our farmers.”