Tomorrow in Parliament the 2nd case file for OPEKEPE, the 3rd after Easter – A cabinet reshuffle is coming within the next 24 hours

A almighty vortex bringing contiguous and superior governmental developments is being created by the 3 lawsuit files of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which question prosecutions for a full of 20 governmental figures from New Democracy, of whom 14 are sitting MPs and 6 are erstwhile members of Parliament.

According to information, the 2nd lawsuit record volition beryllium transmitted tomorrow, Friday, to Parliament, portion the 3rd volition apt travel aft Easter, arsenic it has not yet adjacent reached the Ministry of Justice.

The authorities and the absorption are “weighing” their adjacent moves, which volition beryllium triggered aft the transmission of the applicable lawsuit files to Parliament. However, sources from the Maximos Mansion are already factoring successful a reshuffle—even if constricted successful scope—within the adjacent 24 hours. The Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ last decisions volition astir apt beryllium taken implicit the weekend.
At the aforesaid time, successful the corridors of Parliament, determination is speech that PASOK and the remainder of the absorption parties are considering the anticipation of submitting a question of nary confidence.

In immoderate case, the governmental magnitude of the matter is simply a given; its extent, however, volition beryllium mostly determined by the existent grounds successful the lawsuit files, arsenic the emerging elements amusement a wide gradation of responsibility.

For example, 2 individuals are said to person direct, felony-level involvement, exerting unit implicit OPEKEPE funds; others bounds themselves to “clientelist” approaches and recommendations of a misdemeanor nature, portion immoderate person wholly indirect involvement, with their names simply invoked by 3rd parties.

It should beryllium noted that each lawsuit files interest alleged offenses committed successful 2021 only, which does not regularisation retired the anticipation that further files for consequent years whitethorn follow.

The individuals successful the 3rd lawsuit file
-In immoderate case, the concern forming for the governing bulk appears highly difficult, arsenic yesterday’s announcements astir the transmission of a lawsuit record involving 11+2 “blue” (ND) figures were followed by a caller 1 regarding a 3rd lawsuit record that adds 2 much sitting ND MPs to the database of those involved.

According to information, these are Charalambos Athanasiou and Tasos Chatzivasileiou. As became known aboriginal Thursday day (2/4), the Athens Court of First Instance Prosecutor’s Office present has successful its possession the 3rd lawsuit file, successful which, it appears, determination are indications of incitement to breach of work for the 2 “blue” MPs, with alleged nonstop perpetrators being OPEKEPE officials.

According to accusation from protothema.gr, the speech for which Mr. Chatzivasileiou is being examined is said to beryllium the contentious 1 from the interception successful the archetypal OPEKEPE lawsuit file, implicit which helium had resigned. For Mr. Athanasiou, the aforesaid sources enactment that helium is being examined implicit a connection helium had with an OPEKEPE authoritative regarding a lawsuit involving a livestock farmer.

As protothema.gr had written earlier, the lawsuit record was forwarded by the European Prosecutors to the Athens Court of First Instance Prosecutor’s Office due to the fact that the discourtesy of breach of work does not autumn nether their jurisdiction and, for this reason, the Athens Prosecutor’s Office volition guardant the record to Parliament with a petition to assistance the MPs’ immunity.

The offenses nether probe are: fraud, breach of trust, and breach of work (as good arsenic incitement), and those progressive are prosecuted either astatine felony oregon misdemeanor level. According to ineligible sources, misdemeanors, if committed successful the 2020–21 period, volition beryllium time-barred wrong 2026 unless the judiciary manages to analyse and notation them to proceedings successful clip to widen the regulation play by 3 years.

Evidence for 5 erstwhile MPs
-Evidence for incitement to breach of spot has besides emerged, wrong the model of the probe by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, for 5 different erstwhile MPs, who, however, since they are nary longer covered by parliamentary immunity, volition beryllium called straight by the European Prosecutors to supply explanations arsenic suspects.

Of course, this does not automatically mean that the 5 erstwhile MPs volition go defendants, arsenic this volition beryllium connected the explanations they provide, which volition past beryllium assessed by the European Prosecutors.

Kostas Karamanlis and Katerina Papakosta
-According to information, the petition for lifting immunity from the European justness authorities for felony charges concerns Kostas Ach. Karamanlis and Katerina Papakosta. For the rest, the lifting of immunity is requested for misdemeanors.

The 11 MPs for whom immunity lifting is requested for OPEKEPE
-It is recalled that the Maximos Mansion has been successful crisis-management mode since yesterday (1/4), arsenic the lawsuit record concerning the 11+2 includes some the petition to assistance the immunity of 11 ND MPs and the referral to Parliament of 2 erstwhile ministers and lawman ministers of Rural Development for the twelvemonth 2021 nether Article 86, creating a antithetic governmental situation compared to that prevailing successful erstwhile weeks for the government.

The MPs included successful the 2nd lawsuit record are:

• Maximos Senetakis (Heraklion),
• Lakis Vasileiadis (Pella),
• Notis Mitarakis (Chios),
• Katerina Papakosta (Trikala),
• Kostas Karamanlis (Serres),
• Christos Boukoros (Magnesia),
• Theofilos Leontaridis (Serres),
• Kostas Skrekas (Trikala, caput wide of ND),
• Giannis Kefalogiannis (Rethymno, Minister of Civil Protection and Climate Crisis),
• Kostas Tsiaras (Karditsa, Minister of Rural Development and Food),
• Dimitris Vartzopoulos (Thessaloniki B’, Deputy Minister of Health).