The parliamentary ethics committee unanimously supports lifting the immunity of the 11 New Democracy MPs involved in the OPEKEPE case – a move they themselves had requested

The morals committee unanimously recommends lifting the immunity of the 11 New Democracy MPs named successful the OPEKEPE lawsuit file, pursuing the written submissions received from 9 of them and the in-person explanations provided by Kostas Tsiaras and Notis Mitarakis.

It is noted that each 11 MPs had requested the lifting of their immunity successful bid to supply explanations wherever necessary.

They are:
Kostas Tsiaras,
Notis Mitarakis,
Dimitris Vartzopoulos,
Christos Boukoros,
Lakis Vasileiadis,
Kostas Ach. Karamanlis,
Theofilos Leontaridis,
Maximos Senetakis,
Giannis Kefalogiannis,
Kostas Skrekas, and
Katerina Papakosta.

What the MPs stated successful their memoranda:

Kostas Ach. Karamanlis requested the lifting of his immunity stating, “I americium guiltless and privation to beryllium my innocence wherever required.” He noted that nary conversations involving him oregon his associates are recorded and described the accusations arsenic wholly unfounded.

Giannis Kefalogiannis stated that though helium requests the lifting of his immunity, the petition lacks immoderate ineligible oregon factual basis, arsenic it is not supported by grounds linking him to the case. He added that his alleged engagement stems from 2 telephone calls successful which helium did not participate.

Kostas Skrekas requested the lifting of his immunity “to safeguard organization integrity and the governmental credibility of the enactment and to beryllium my idiosyncratic innocence,” emphasizing that determination was nary volition to interruption the law.

Katerina Papakosta stated that the petition she handled appeared lawful and reasonable, believing it acrophobic a regular verification of information already decently declared.

Dimitris Vartzopoulos said his connection simply posed a question that does not struggle with a subordinate of parliament’s duties and does not impact immoderate amerciable enactment harming nationalist finances.

Maximos Senetakis denied immoderate wrongdoing, stating that each his actions were wrong the model of parliamentary duties.

Lakis Vasileiadis noted that his sanction appears lone indirectly done third-party conversations, without immoderate idiosyncratic interaction with those involved.

Theofilos Leontaridis said the discussions acrophobic lone the timing of payments of lawful entitlements.

Christos Boukoros stated that his connection with the caput of OPEKEPE acrophobic a just and lawful petition from struggling young livestock farmers.

What Kostas Tsiaras told the committee:

Kostas Tsiaras denied immoderate cognition of the OPEKEPE cases attributed to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office successful Greece and described the conclusions assigning him transgression work arsenic a “logical leap.”

He stressed that delays and errors successful nationalist services often propulsion citizens to question assistance from MPs. Regarding his case, helium argued that the alleged fiscal harm cited is inaccurate and that subsidy structures are much analyzable than presented.

He added that portion losing his ministerial presumption does not occupation him, the interaction connected his household does.

He requested the lifting of his immunity to afloat clarify the lawsuit and expressed assurance that nary important grounds exists against him.

Mitarakis statement:

Notis Mitarakis stated that he, his office, and his unit acted afloat wrong law and governmental duties by forwarding citizens’ requests.

He emphasized that an MP indispensable enactment citizens wrong the bounds of legality and requested the lifting of his immunity to respond promptly to the European prosecutor’s questions and wide his name.

Political reaction:

Panagiotis Doudonis criticized the information that lone 2 of the eleven MPs appeared earlier the committee, adding that the lawsuit reflects broader governmental work tied to the authorities of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.