Wage deprivation for 20 days was imposed by the administration of OPECEPE to Friday Tyherropoulouspecial scientific associate of her Prosecutor and witness – key to the scandal with the agricultural subsidies.

According to the information of ‘Everyday“, The former president of OPEKEPE, Kyriakos Babasidishad initiated a disciplinary procedure at the expense of P. Thanropoulou at September 24th 2024 For the offenses of ‘infringement of confidentiality (Article 51 par. unworthy for behavioral employee Within OPECEPE (Article 51 (3) of the CCP). “

Following Mr Babasidis’ dismissal, the next president of OPEKEPE took over the case, the case was managed. Nikos Salatas. Reportedly, the decision to deprive wage was taken on May 2, but was served today by P. Thanropoulou with a bailiff.

The former president of OPEKEPE had launched an open attack on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on the occasion of the raid and investigations into “iconic pastures”, which eventually led him to exit by the Minister of Rural Development, Costa Tsiara.

OPEKEPE’s scandal began in the summer of 2020, when Paraskevi Thanropoulou undertook to carry out a sampling check on 99 farmers and breeders. As he testified before European prosecutors conducting investigation into the case, her purpose was “to acquire my own view and take appropriate measures to limit the theft of Community resources by legal beneficiaries and farmers” Significant findings have emerged from this control for illegal subsidies and since then a war has started within OPEKEPE against P. Thanropoulou.

As revealed by talks that have seen the light of publicity, the main protagonists of the scandal are discussing various possible ways to get rid of annoying checks.

Specifically, talks have been included in the transmitter of the case file as to whether they “did something about the Tyherropoulou case”, implying the removal of OPEKEPE. In fact, one of the persons seems to be interested in replacing the European Prosecutor Popi Papandreou, From Eppo’s office in Athens, because she had appointed Tyherropoulou as an expert in a preliminary case file handled by herself.

Announcement on the disciplinary penalty imposed by the OPECEPE administration on Paraskevi Thanropoulou was issued by its attorney Antonis Vagianos. As he notes, among other things, ‘This action is the last act of a number of revenge and abusive actions against Mrs Thanropoulou“