“Regarding what is being argued by SYRIZA, Mr. Kasselakis on the one hand says that he is not sure if he has an obligation to submit a statement because there is a dichotomy regarding the obligation: There is no dichotomy, the law is clear and whoever is the leader of a parliamentary group has an obligation who is represented in the national or the European Parliament not to participate in a foreign company and in fact by the SYRIZA law of 2016” comment ND sources regarding the issue of the company of the president of the Official Opposition abroad.

The same sources state that “something that SYRIZA indirectly admits when they state that it will transfer its shares. If the provision does not occupy him and there is no dichotomy why will he transfer them. Therefore, Mr. Kasselakis admits once again that he still owns shares of foreign companies, so all this time he is violating the relevant legislation.”

What does the legislation provide for the incompatibilities of political figures in relation to their participation in companies:

The same sources state:

According to article 8 of Law 3213/2003 and under the title: “Prohibition of participation in a company based abroad for political persons, prohibitions of participation in companies based in non-cooperative tax states and states with preferential tax status”, it is defined that:

1. To the Prime Minister, to the Leaders of political parties represented in the National or European Parliament, as well as to those who receive state funding, to Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Deputy Ministers, MPs and MEPs and those who manage the finances of political parties as above, the General and Special Secretaries of the Parliament and the General Government, regional governors and Mayors are prohibited from participating in the management or capital of companies that have their real or statutory headquarters abroad, either in person or with substitute persons.

3. In violation of paragraph 1, participation directly or through a proxy in a company, which has its headquarters abroad, is punishable by imprisonment of at least two (2) years and a fine from ten thousand (10,000) euros to five hundred thousand (500,000) euros” .

It is also noted that Law 5026/2023, which replaced almost entirely Law 3213/2003, expressly exempted from the repeal Article 8 of the latter, regarding the prohibition of the participation of political figures and particularly Party Leaders represented in Parliament in companies based abroad or non-cooperative tax states or states with a preferential tax regime, with the result that today the ban is still in full force.