THE Andreas Stratakis or “Hassapis”, one of the people who have been at the center of OPEKEPE’s case and spoke on SKAI’s Prime Time show and Yiannis Souliotis about his alleged involvement in the scandal of illegal subsidies.

“They want to show me that I am the worst or in any case that I have a great deal of relationship with illegal subsidies. The truth is that I I have no relationship And I am very sorry because those who say it and are Athens journalists or have read the case file very well and what they say they say because of feasibility, or have not read it at all. Because if they had read it they will see that I have no participation, no telephone record, I never got a phone and never got me a phone. I never talked about subsidies‘he initially said.

Mr. Stratakis was a consultant to Makis Voridis at the Ministry of Rural Development and a close friend with George Xylouris, or “Frape”, whose name is also involved in the case.

For “frappe” he said that “We are friends, we have many years friends.”

According to an anonymous complaint, the Dairy Reception Center, managed by George Xylouris, provided illegally Subsidies of EUR 2.5 million. Mr. Stratakis is also a member of the KDP.

“The KOFINA Agricultural Cooperative has an IKE that made a KYD. The administrator of the KDP is George Xylouris. A manager, there is no board of directors. Me from the many members he has, I am a natural persona Simple member of IKE‘he replies.

About his relationship with Mr. Voridis said that “I went to the minister in November ’19 and left January 5, ’21. When the minister left, I left too. The jurisdiction I had concerned with Cooperatives and collaborative shapes. Beyond that we had nothing. Simply We connected with the minister with a friendship relationship and my also baptized a granddaughter. This of course by some and more for him SYRIZAis one big joy to Makis Voridis baptized me my grandson. Is a serious offense. They have said it several times ».

Asked if there are illegal subsidies, Mr. Xylouris replied: “I am neither a local rufian nor a national rufian. There are 10 people from here to Evros and every day you see them on the channels and they go out and analyze and blame everyone else. Go to ask them if there are illegal subsidies. I can’t say if they exist because I don’t know first of all what they mean illegality. What is the illegality? Is it illegal a producer who cultivates 100 acres of land but gets a subsidy for 101? Is this illegality or is it illegal someone who has nothing and gets money? I don’t know, it’s not my job”