The prime minister did not remember any Beleris and no expatriates now, the government representative emphasized to SKAI and Atairiastou Pavlos Marinakis, responding to the statements of SYRIZA MEP candidate Dora Avgeris to SKAI, as well as PASOK MP Nadias Giannakopoulos, that the ND is taking advantage of the Beleris candidacy. “About a year ago, he was there (in Northern Epirus) to see the reception he had,” said Mr. Marinakis about the prime minister.

The ballot has 42 worthy candidates, each with their course, one of them is Beleris, remarked Mr. Marinakis.

“Fredis Beleris symbolizes a man in whose name the state of justice, the presumption of innocence, was violated, he is the legally elected mayor of Chimaras, a Greek from the diaspora in Northern Epirus and while we all demanded, not as ND, as Greeks, that he have a fair trial , he was sentenced, he has not been sworn in yet.”

It makes a terrible impression on me, continued the government representative, that those who supposedly fight for the rule of law, but swallowed whole those who threatened journalists, they have been condemned 13-0, are bothered that a man wants to be a candidate with the party he wants, with the party he belongs to all his years, to send this message across Europe.

“In a few weeks, the Beleris Court of Appeal will be held. In the event that he is convicted in the second degree, the consequent penalty of deprivation of civil rights is very likely… We continue loudly, and shout for his innocence, his fair trial, for the rule of law,” he noted. He is now a candidate for MEP, I hope he is acquitted and we have the pleasant dilemma of choice, added the government representative.

“We want the best result in the European elections”, pointed out Pavlos Marinakis.