All the material interview was given on Thursday morning (29/5) on his TV SKAI The Vice -President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakistalking about a number of issues that concern the current news.

Starting with what is happening in GauzeMr. Hatzidakis reiterated that the position of the Greek government is clear, referring to the prime minister’s statements. Kyriakou Mitsotakis.

“Greece has and has strategic cooperation relations with Israel, both on SYRIZA and ND. However, this does not prevent us from saying things by their name. The more heinous and condemned it was everything that happened with Hamas’ horrible attacks on civilians, so do it is what is being done lately in Gaza on the part of Israel. ” as he said.

“Greece, as the chairman of the UN Security Council, has taken the initiative and issuance of a resolution presented by George Gerapetritis himself, and apparently our position is 100% clear for humanitarian reasons. ”

‘OPEKEPE is not an example of successful management’

The discussion was then transferred to internal current issues, with the Deputy Prime Minister referring to the abolition of OPECEPEwho is now incorporated into AADE.

“OPECEPE is not an example of successful management, there is no reason to hide behind our finger. Steps were taken. Other EU countries have similar problems in the same field, but this is not a reason not to move forward with speed, determination and transparency. ” He stressed and supplemented:

“Instead of going to medieval solutions, we decided to go to a solution that emphasizes the prime minister’s determination to close this chapter of deep and problematic state in Greece. This is the absorption of OPEKEPE by AADE, a independent authority that operates with reliability and effectiveness, so as to transplant the spirit and mode of operation of AADE to OPECEPE and there is a message of credibility towards Greek society. “

Answering a question about whether there would be sanctions on those who received and gave illegal money, he noted that there were interventions at the administrative level in previous years in relation to the return of funds, along with investigation by justice, even referring to refund processes. “Rural subsidies will also be paid smoothly during that period of transition from OPEKEPE to AADE. But as you can see the subsidies will be received by those who must receive them. “

“People’s producer markets are coming at the initiative of mayors”

About National Transparency Authority for accuracy The prime minister has announced from the cabinet, Kostis Hatzidakis said that it was not a new beginning, but a transformation of the DIMEA and the Consumer Ombudsman.

“We have essentially merging these two along with some of the Departments of the Ministry of Development that are controlled under an independent authority, to have a more holistic approach to the problem. I would tell you that while there was a discussion about this principle – and rightly -, there was not as much discussion as I would expect for some other initiatives in the same bill as producer that can be created on the initiative of mayor On the municipal level of course, to limit the gap between the prices from the field to the shelf. It is something we have been listening to for decades and the government is trying to do it. “

“80% of those in the popular markets today are traders. What we want to do is the producers, if they want it, to go to a municipality of Athens, Thessaloniki or the Region and make a popular market, to know consumers that they are all producers there and sell their products cheaper. Also, to add that under the bill we also have a tool of modernization of e-katanalotis showing the prices that exist every day in the supermarkets. This tool will be upgraded and alerts will come with bids or even more, there will be an app on the phone so that the consumer using the e-Katanalotis will form a shopping packages himself and order them. “

“For the first time ruling party refers to his active Members”

As to her proposal ND to refer to it Kostas Karamanlis in pre -trialthe Vice -President of the Government stressed that the ruling party for the first time is referring to his own officials who are active Members.

“What we are saying, identifying if you will and with the popular feeling, is that we must give the natural judge the right to decide. But we cannot, on the other hand, join criminal populism and accept that there are responsibilities in accordance with Article 291 for damage that was deliberately taken on the rail network, because anyone sitting in his office and said “I don’t care, let 57 people be killed”.

“We say to go with the breach of duty. The Judicial Council will take into account the information and decide. I think the seriousness forms all of us to go away from any logic of concealment and any logic of criminal populism. Criminal responsibility is different from political responsibility, we must not confuse them and that is why the natural judge must decide. “