Such a the six extensions to the “717” contractwhich were given in the period 2016-2019 during the SYRIZA-PS government, as well as the seventh extension of October 2019 during the ministry of K. Karamanlis, were “legal and justified”, he said, in the context of his testimony to the commission of inquiry for the “investigation of the crime of Tempe”, o head of the ERGOSE Legal Services Directorate, G. Lasponikos.

Asked by the ND MP, L. Tsavdaridiswhat would happen if the last, seventh extension was not signed, Mr. Lasponikos said that it would take about a year – as long as there were no objections – to hold a new tender and select a new contractor, and then to start the projects, while funding would have to be sought, not from European but from national resources.

Invited by the MP of SYRIZA-PS, V. Boney to comment on the European Prosecutor’s report on “embezzlement of money at ERGOSE”, Mr. Lasponikos said that the company manages projects worth billions, that other times it has entered the “eye of the cyclone” as for the construction of the Othryos tunnel, under contract “470”, but all the accused were found not guilty.