He answers in court that SYRIZA will appeal against the former director of the party, Thymios Georgopoulos, after his announcement today regarding the loan to Left Media AE, with party sources speaking of a post that exceeded all limits of lies and malice. At the same time, the issue will be referred to the Ethics Committee.

In particular, official opposition sources report that “Mr. Thymios Georgopoulos, with his post today, exceeded all limits of lies and malice.

Mr. Georgopoulos “claimed that the money was paid by an offshore company, while well aware that OSIOS LLC is a foreign company based in Miami, Florida, USA. He claimed that the company’s loan was entered into the account of Left Media AE on the afternoon of Friday, 29/12/2023, after the payment of the employees’ salary, while the truth is (which he knows perfectly well) that €20,000 had entered the fund on 21/12/2023 (for the payment of part of the Christmas Gift) and €210,000 on 29/12/2023 at 09.01 am, with the payment of wages to employees starting about an hour and a half later (10.26 am ). It is understood that due to the origin of the remittance and the valuer, the money had been sent, two days earlier respectively, both for the Gift and for the payroll”.

“It is now becoming clear to all, after today’s posting of Mr. Georgopoulos, on the one hand that his removal was absolutely necessary (and probably overdue) and on the other hand that the President, Stefanos Kasselakis, as well as SYRIZA-PS will immediately appeal against him to the Court for all the false and defamatory statements he made today. It is also clear that he will be referred to the Ethics Committee in terms of his party status,” the SYRIZA sources conclude.

It is recalled that Mr. Kasselakis fired Mr. Georgopoulos from the position of the party’s general manager on Thursday.

Earlier today, the former director of SYRIZA, Thymios Georgopoulos, with his post attempted to respond to sources close to, as he states, Stefanos Kasselakis who are leaking to the media that he is behind the reports about the offshore company of the party president with which financed Left Media SA.

In particular, Mr. Georgopoulos states in his post that “I am however obliged to publicly defend myself and the truth”, as in recent days sources close to President Stefanos Kasselakis have been leaking to a series of media outlets that I am allegedly responsible for the publications concerning the President’s offshore company, with which he financed Left Media SA so that the party media workers were supposed to be paid and get the Christmas Gift”.

Then the former director of SYRIZA adds that “this, they say, is the reason for the sudden decision to expel me, after three and a half years of service, from the position of the Party’s financial manager. And indeed without any decision of the PG and KE which had unanimously approved my position. But most importantly without being given the opportunity to deliver, not even to greet my comrades.”