A clear message was sent by Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiaras, in an interview with Real FM on the scandal at OPEKEPE, revealing evidence of the extent of the pathogenesis in the payment system.

Described the current situation as “A pathogenesis, which has its roots in the past” and said that, on the occasion of the checks, “very soon, we will have the first results, which will be very loud.”

Specifically, Mr Tsiaras revealed that the checks, which were carried out after the payments of the ecological schemes, brought to light findings that were shocking.

‘We found that about More than 30,000 producers had more than 49,000 fake certificates. If this is the fault of themselves or if there is the involvement of the KYD, it is something we are looking for at this time, “ The minister stressed and said there was already a massive exit of producers from the biological programs. In particular, as he said, they have already been recorded above 2,000 departures by the biological livestock farming and beekeepingas well as 2,000 from organic farmingwhere there has already been an integration table.

At the same time, there have been even more alarming phenomena, as, as he noted, there are cases of beneficiaries who disappear after control planning. “There are some appointments with the auditors and beneficiaries of organic crops or organic livestock farming and, the next day, these people disappear, they do not even answer the phone.”

In any case, the minister underlined that the government has taken over the responsibility to face the root of the problempointing out: “This is a pathogenesis that has its roots in the past. Obviously, it is timeless, it has a huge over time, it has the responsibility of many different governments. “

Referenced In the attitude of opposition parties During the debate in the House on the OPECEPE case, Mr Tsiaras commented that it was a shame for opposition parties “Who chose to leave the vote of their own proposal when they were persistently requested to set up the pre -trial committee”. As Mr. Tsiaras explained, “The same parties they pressed to conduct a preliminary examination were ultimately what they left, depriving the process of institutional participation, which they themselves demanded.”

At the same time, the Minister of Rural Development and Food made it clear that There was no matter of constitutional legitimacyas, before the vote began, there was a quorum, and the ND never left the process. He also reminded that opposition members had also sent letter votes.

The minister characterized ‘Pedagogical obligation’ of the political system to give a single message to society and not to tool the case. “The reality is one: We must take care of a critical moment to transmit a serious pedagogical message in society and say that there is a timeless pathogenic here, which we must all go together and heal it”said Mr. Tsiaras.

In closing, he also referred to the statements of PASOK President, Nikos Androulakis. “We cannot educate society, saying that” there is no problem if a farmer declares something more. The problem is when it is organized by a criminal organization. ” This is the wrong political message and we have to say it clearly ”, The minister said.