“Mr. Athanasios Kaprelis, with two terms in the post of OPEKEPE President, from 1.3.2010 to 14.1.2013 and from 23.6.2016 to 19.11.2019, was quite clear in his answers, at today’s meeting of the examination committee”. He received any intervention from the political leadership over SYRIZA governments. The political direction was to make payments on time, with constant controls everywhere.

He even said that during the SYRIZA Government, then Commissioner for Georgia, Phil Hogan, had recognized that OPEKEPE acts as a modern organization, as it was an attempt to upgrade it and align its operation with the best European practices and directions.

As Mr Kaprelis has clearly responded to a question by SYRIZA-PS rapporteur, Vasilis Kokkalis, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for the period 2019-2022, did not focus on the “technical solution” and “grazing plans”, but exclusively, the acquisition of reinforcement rights from the national stock.

At the same time, in the following years, by 2024, the same people allegedly submitted false animal capital declarations and demanded that the respective public land be disposed of to activate and maintain their rights. “

According to SYRIZA sources: “For the strange increase in livestock, Mr Kaprelis said that when, in 2017, the relevant Directorate of Technical Audits was found, an increase was ordered for extraordinary audits, while the following year (2018) there was a significant reduction in both the number of breeders and the number of farmers.

Indeed, for the whole period until 2019, he pointed out that the checks were systematic and continuous and made it clear that the national stock and the “Cretan expansion”, from 2019 onwards, is 100% of the ND scandal.

According to Mr Kaprellis’ deposition, but also by the document provided by SYRIZA-PS Rapporteur V. Kokkalis, the legality of the separation of pasture from livestock to activate rights came from the document of DG AGRI, DS-CDP-2015 and all of the EU Member States. The provisions on the eligibility criteria of the land and to introduce audit criteria for the uniform application of the provisions of Regulation 1307/2013 and the delegated Regulation 639/2014 on the immediate aid until 31-1-2015. “

They say that “the SYRIZA Government, in response to the EU’s demands, amended the relevant Ministerial Decision (YA 104/7056) with Ministerial Decision 1584/66059 to points relating to the eligibility criteria of land and introduces more stricter audit criteria for their uniform implementation”

“As far as the” technical solution “is concerned, it became clear that it was a decision of Karasman (YA 22172-Government Gazette 3464/23-12-2014) and not Apostolou, and of course the SYRIZA government took all necessary steps to change the regulation for the definition of pasture, Lastardary, enabling it to be eligible to reinforce the shrubs and forests, that is, “the Mediterranean type of pasture”.

But the positive consequences of the SYRIZA government’s effort, which provided additional eligible land for our farmers, the ND government seemed unable to exploit them, with the preparation and implementation of the grazing plans, which would put an end to the “technical” problem.

The sources of SYRIZA conclude, stressing that the “truth” of the ND for the OPEKEPE Blue Scandal is collapsing, at the expense of the “real” truth, which is being highlighted daily, by the deposits or “appearance” of the buddies and the “fellowships”. Every day, it will be increasingly perceived by Greek citizens that corruption, complexity and attempt to conceal in the OPECEPE’s blue scandal have a specific “name” (Mitsotakis government) and a specific “address” (Maximos Palace). “