Incident of violence against an airline employee by the former minister Lefteri Avgenakis complains the Federation of Employees in Airport Services. Responding to the Federation’s complaint, Mr. Augenakis admits that there was an “incident”, apologizes, but also states that he is “surprised by the exaggerations and inaccuracies (…) about an incident of “severe beatings”, “faintings”, “manual beatings” On my part”.

However, the President of the Parliament, Konstantinos Tasoulas, asked for an explanation, while Mr. Avgenakis had a conversation with the secretary of the National Democratic Party, Stavros Kalafatis, and left the Parliament without making any statements.

They condemn the behavior of Mr. Avgenakis the opposition parties.

The complaint of the Federation of Associations of Workers in Airport Services

Based on the complaint, Mr. Avgenakis was traveling from the airport to Crete, but it seems that he confused the gate, as a result of which he did not appear on time and the flight was canceled. “According to what we are told, the person in question was traveling from Athens to one of the prefectures of Crete. With a delay of several hours, he found himself in front of the airport workers and started shouting, according to the content of the complaint.

At one point, we are told, the situation seems to have gotten out of hand, with the former minister hitting a member of staff on the head with the tip of his mobile phone who fell unconscious at the ticket control counter, with the rest of the staff resorting to the assistance of the police “, says the announcement.

Citing testimonies, the Federation complains that in front of the instruments, the former minister seems to have sold “cheats”, threatening one of the probationers that he will transfer him. In fact, when they tried to calm him down, he shouted “don’t touch me, I’m immune”.

And the statement concludes: “The complainants allege that the scene was videotaped. We simply ask publicly: YES or NO, there was an incident of violence by a former Minister against an employee of a well-known airline at El. Venizelos? We request the immediate intervention of the political leaders of the Ministries of Citizen Protection and Transport, as well as the physical leadership of EL.AS, as well as the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, to order an immediate investigation of the incident and to check the audio-visual material of the last week of exit gates for flights from Athens to destinations in Crete. We especially request that those flights counted on the fingers of one hand be checked, in which former ministers and current MPs of the current Government were on board.”

WILD LUMBERING FROM A MINISTER TO AN EMPLOYEE OF EL. VENIZELOS! Watch the video of the shocking attack https://t.co/pm7YGt9ojc #MINISTER #ELEFTHERIOSVENIZELOS #EMPLOYEE #WOOD pic.twitter.com/kqbXEjYi1J

— Voice News (@apokalyptikodel) July 2, 2024

“I apologise”

After the complaint of the Federation of Associations of Employees in Airport Services for an incident between Lefteris Avgenakis and an airport employee, the ND MP made a post on social media, in which he states that he is sorry and apologizes for the tension and disturbance, but the same at the moment he states “I am surprised by the exaggerations and inaccuracies that have been circulated in publications of the last few days about an incident of “severe beatings”, “fainting”, “manual trials” on my part.

I am clearly sorry and apologize for the tension and disturbance caused recently at the airport with a company employee, in my attempt to be able to board my flight to Heraklion.

But at the same time, I am surprised by the exaggerations and inaccuracies… pic.twitter.com/8lEv3HSsBj

— Lefteris Avgenakis (@l_avgenakis) July 3, 2024

“I am clearly sorry and apologize for the tension and disruption caused recently at the airport with a company employee, in my attempt to be able to board my flight to Heraklion. At the same time, however, I am surprised by the exaggerations and inaccuracies that are circulating in the publications of the last few days about an incident of “severe beatings”, “fainting”, “manual trials” on my part.

Indeed, there was an incident of verbal tension with an employee of the company as he did not allow me to board on the grounds that boarding had been completed, when as I could see with my own eyes the passengers were in the boarding bellows.

Finally, he repeatedly refused to allow me to contact his supervisor or another airline official as a last-ditch effort to get me to travel on time, which led to me trying to take the phone out of his hands so I could talk to him. own. However, the incident remained at the level of disagreement and verbal tension only,” says the former minister.

“If there is a legal problem, I will ask for my immunity to be lifted”

Speaking to SKAI today, the former minister once again apologized for the disturbance and insisted that it was only a verbal incident.

Nevertheless, he stressed that “if there is a legal problem, it goes without saying that I will ask for the lifting of my immunity, I have no problem facing justice properly, like any citizen”.

Marinakis: Such behaviors are not acceptable

“The former minister was contacted as soon as this video came to light. I think that an apology should be said in every case and an explanation should be given,” he said government representative Pavlos Marinakis.

Speaking to ANT1, the government representative said that “he will make an announcement shortly. We are waiting for the position of the deputy of the former Minister and now a deputy of the New Democracy”.

Mr. Marinakis pointed out, however, that “for the cases of the performance of government work, time can be given, but in cases of behavior, these are judged instantly and logically, “you know who I am”, they are not accepted by the Prime Minister”.

According to information, the climate from the government for Lefteris Avgenakis is “heavy”.