The strong reaction of the opposition and SYRIZA was triggered by the current testimony of former OPEKEPE Vice President P. Tzavella to the competent Inquiry Committee, where he said that “I never felt any pressure from any minister”.

PASOK Sources: “Selective amnesia by Petros Tzavella – no answer to critical questions”

“In today’s House Inquiry Committee, Mr Tzavellas, a former OPEKEPE Vice President, has shown that silence is the last line of defense of those involved – indirectly or directly – in the OPEKEPE scandal. While he was asked to answer a series of questions by PASOK MPs about the operation of OPEKEPE, the repeated irregularities in payments and the alteration of the checks did not respond to anything, “PASOK sources said.

According to opposition sources, “Mr Tzavelas admitted that he was problematic and inappropriate for OPECEPE’s interests, the constant change of presidents of the Organization and Ministers of Rural Development began to” forget “. Mr Tzavellas did not remember his involvement in December 2020 payments, where he and the administration at that time proceeded, despite warnings, to disbursements of millions of euros for VAT IDs that had been “committed”. He did not remember the delays and repetitive failures in the Information Systems Contest, which ended up serving contract extensions of specific companies, causing damage to the State. He did not remember the resignation of the Director of Technical Controls, Mrs Reppa, at a time when the service was fighting for transparency in the audits. “

As PASOK’s sources note, “Mr. Tzavellas neither denied nor confirming, he chose not to answer. He looked as if he had forgotten his own responsibilities, his own signatures, and the events that burden the administration in which he participated. His silence is derogatory for honest farmers who are entitled to find out who signed, who approved and who was silent in front of illegal payments and manipulation of checks. Mr Tzavella’s amnesia does not relieve him of his responsibility. “

SYRIZA Sources: “Blue” Managers with Reduced Memory and Perception

“The malicious theater under the heading” I don’t know – I don’t remember “continues on the Inquiry Committee,” said SYRIZA sources, according to which “witnesses appointed by the ND in positions of responsibility, one after the other, say that they had not perceived the operation of the circuitry and the operation of the circuit. “Blue” party agents. At the same time, they invoke … memory loss when asked about specific incidents. “

According to SYRIZA sources, “former OPEKEPE Vice President P. Tzavellas (choice of M. Voridis), regarding the allegations of former President of the Organization, Mr. Varra, about the” omnipotence “of the” technical adviser “, from the” choice “of” He also represents that he has forgotten that in July 2020 the OPECEPE Board of Directors was convened, on the referral of the Crete Regional Directorate, Mr. Kalliouris to the Disciplinary Board, for an email sent to other workers in the organization.

According to SYRIZA sources:

“It is worth reminding him that the employee in question was hints about mismanagement and mismanagement in the organization, while referring to critical comments to the then General Manager of the Organization (and now detached to the permanent Greek delegation in the EU in Brussels) illegalities. According to a report, the two vice -presidents of the Organization, Dimitris Melas and Petros Tzavellas, did not focus on complaints, but on how to publish the complaint, noting that Mr Kalliouris “did not follow the correct hierarchy and instead of complaining to his practices”.

It is noted that Mr Lambropoulos confirmed that he had received complaints from March 2020, but then the country, as he claimed, “was entering a lockdown and could not be checked, and the complaints were vague” the SYRIZA sources added.