“The OPEKEPE scandal is exclusively for the signature of the New Democracy, and was in full knowledge of the Prime Minister himself, who has now proven to be aware of the involvement of ministers, deputies and executives in the purely case,” SYRIZA said in a statement.

He then responds to “publications and leaks with the names of MPs and executives of SYRIZA PS, as well as today’s Pavlos Polakis” who “aim to hide the responsibility of Mitsotakis and his government. Chania MP of SYRIZA -PS and former Deputy Minister of Health, as well as many SYRIZA – MPs, in an institutional and parliamentary manner of paying the debts to farmers and breeders, honestly and with the rules due.

He then clarifies: “SYRIZA-PS is proud that when he took over the country’s governance, he managed to pay old liabilities, before 2015, to producers of more than € 1.7 billion, to pay for compensation, the aid for organic products and other biological products.”

He attacks the prime minister in arguing: “On the contrary, Mr. Mitsotakis set up a circuit of a client and a client state, with the money of the farmers. This does not change, no matter how mud he flies in order to disseminate his responsibilities. That is why he is obliged to consent to a preliminary committee and to attend the witness to investigate the scandal and to take responsibility, no matter how high they are. “

In closing, he emphasizes: “No offsetting. No shadow. The OPEKEPE scandal is a Mitsotakis scandal. “