“I categorically state that I never testified that ‘I was surprised to find that Alexis Tsipras, instead of removing Mr. Piciorla, promoted him to deputy minister, which forced me to stop following him a few days earlier,'” said Mr. Roubatis
The former commander of the EYP, Yiannis Roubatis, speaks in his statement about the leakage of falsified information from unknown circles since his testimony at the meeting of the investigation committee.
In his statement he states that for the tracking Picciorla he had informed Alexis Tsipras at the beginning of 2016, who told him to proceed normally “and if necessary, to send the evidence that will arise to the Court. I also emphasized that I never came back because I had all the necessary instructions to do what was legal.”
The entire Rubati statement
“It is with surprise and sadness that I am watching the disinformation recital in which circles unknown to me have been engaged in the last few hours, who are circulating copied – allegedly – excerpts of my testimony today to the Investigative Committee of the Parliament.
I categorically state that I never testified that ‘I was surprised to find that Alexis Tsipras instead of removing Mr. Piciorla promoted him to deputy minister, which forced me to stop following him a few days earlier’.
What I said is that I informed Alexis Tsipras at the beginning of 2016, he told me to proceed normally and, if necessary, to send the evidence that will arise to the Justice. I also pointed out that I never came back because I had all the necessary instructions to do the legal thing.
Contrary to events of the recent past, no one – not even the Prime Minister at the time – was involved in the substance of the case and much more did not make me a scapegoat.
Also, never in my testimony did I refer to “Syrian Capital” that sought to buy islets in the Ionian.
I spoke about funds from a deposed Gulf leader, which were managed in Greece on his behalf by Lebanese and Syrian nationals.
In 2013, the Money Laundering Authority had informed the EYP about large sums of money that the same people were trading for the purchase of large areas in Greece.
I regret that the content of a deposition which should be secret is leaked to the public in a forged form. Those who did it have no idea how sensitive some events are for the country.”
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