By Yannis Anifantis

The assurance that there will be very soon payments from the organization was made by OPECEPE Vice President Giannis Kaimakamis submitting to the Inquiry Committee. The Vice President of the Agency – who has been in this position for eight months – argued that “there is no stoppage” and that if the checks are completed, they will be paid.

“Our farmers will be paid, as soon as the checks are done. They have already become cross -referenced with AADE, we are very good. It is important to be legal. I understand this pressure of the rural world too »he argued. “Along with the dry, sometimes burn and the green”, He added, referring to the delays of payments in the biological, stressing that 30,244 VAT IDs were blocked in June following the recommendation of officials.

Responded by him Makarios Lazaridis for if accepted pressure or interventions that may affect the administrative function of the organizationhe responded negatively and as to any obstruction by Mr Salata to the raid on OPEKEPE – which was placed after the prosecutor’s order – added: “What I have and got as a feedback is that the employees worked until 4 in the morning to provide the information requested by the service. I have not realized something like that“

‘We will learn the culpritssince all cases were referred to justice. We give elements to the European and Greek authorities. Those who have abused money, we will recover it » Yiannis Kaimakamis said.

At the same time, OPECEPE’s vice president said his family is active in livestock and receives subsidieswhile he himself maintains business. “My family is active in bovine breeding. Now the process and the new draft against fraud is running, when the procedure is put in place. The subsidies my family receives are legal. If there is impediment I will give up‘he argued.

PASOK Sources: The pattern “I didn’t know, I didn’t know” can no longer be an alibi

“The deposition today to the OPECEPE Vice President Ioannis Kaimakamis confirm the depth of political interventions in the operation of the organization‘supported PASOK-KINAL sources.

“Mr Kaimakamis, answering the question of how he was chosen for the post of OPEKEPE Vice President said that his choice was made by Mr. Tsiaras, who he knew after sending his resume. He even described his position “very honorable” because “he is of space”, confirming that he is “a voter and a member of the New Democracy” »reported the same sources and added:

“This confession shows how to choose executives from the” excellent “system of the Mitsotakis government. Political identity precedes meritocracy and critical positions are occupied without an objective process. Asked if he goes to OPEKEPE every day, he provocatively said that “we do, when it is necessary I go, not every day”.

As PASOK’s sources noted, “This answer reveals that even top executives treat the Agency not as a pillar of agricultural policy, but as a” part -time “position in the middle of such a scandal due to which millions of euros were lost for farmers.”

“At a time when farmers are tested by accuracy, increased cost of production and delay in aid, at a time when the scandal is likely to suspend payments, this image is recommended Infringement of the public interest and for European control of funds‘, They emphasized.

The same sources pointed out that “OPECEPE’s vice president has followed the tactic that has now become repetitive pattern in testimonies of the Examination Committee: the line “I didn’t know, I didn’t know“And he did not even know if Mr Salatas prevented the investigation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.”

“The constant invocation of ignorance by a senior executive raises questions about what the ND executives really know in critical positions. Asked about the organic scandal and if there is political responsibility, Mr. Kaimakamis replied: “I can’t answer you” »underlined PASOK’s sources and ended up:

“Today’s deposition of Mr Kaimakamis reveals a administration that operates without transparency and unaware of its role. The New Democracy government seems to have turned OPECEPE into a field of political services, where options are made without meritocracy, positions are filled by party executives and decisions are taken without institutional responsibility. “I didn’t know, I didn’t know” can no longer be an alibi “.

SYRIZA Sources: “Blue” children insist on declaring belonging to “blue” locusts

“The” blue “children insist on declaring belonging to the” blue “OPEKEPE,” said in turn and sources of SYRIZA.

As they pointed out, ‘Mr Kaimakam’s qualification to appear uncertain About the questions raised by the members of the examination was probably what Mr. Tsiaras distinguished and placed him to particular positionbecause he met him at a food exhibition last November and appreciated his resume. “

“Mr Kaimakamis does not take into account the existence of a circuit within OPEKEPE, which is subjected to subsidies, while he is handing his hand for the non -detoxification of information systems by the technical adviser. Does not want to say word about complaints against Mr Salata Regarding the way the latter managed, practically and communicatively, the control of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office at OPEKEPE. He knows nothing about cases and conversations who have seen the light of publicity.

Obviously, There is no scandal for the “best” of the ND holding key positions with a key qualification for the “appreciation” that feeds on them by the party or (each) Minister of Rural Development and Food of the Mitsotakis Government »emphasized the same sources and ended up:

“It is now reminiscent of telling us that the Inquiry Committee must compensate them for the inconvenience they exist.”