By Yannis Anifantis

His inability to define a clear timetable For the payments of farmers, the current Vice President of OPEKEPE expressed during his deposition with the House Inquiry Committee. George Zalidisclarifying that October’s goal – in which June’s money would be given – is “Difficult to impossible”.

Indeed, he did not hesitate to express his strong concern about whether the organization would maintain its certification because of the many parameters that the EU puts in the action plan. “The problem is from specific KYD. There is an investigation into the CSDs by the Thessaloniki Economic Directorate and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. No more than 40 KYDs that have been moved by documents, a rate of 8%’, supported.

At the heart of his testimony was also the OLAF raid on OPEKEPE, with the majority rapporteur, Makarios Lazaridis asking him if OLAF is finally looking for European prosecutors and not OPECEPE:

M. LAZARIDIS: I have found that OLAF is not customary in organizations located and controlled by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Do you have any explanation? Is he looking for additional or the data provided by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Witnesses?

G. ZALIDIS: I too was surprised by the presence of OLAF while there are 4 prosecutors.

M. LAZARIDIS: Are they looking for prosecutors?

G. ZALIDIS: This may also be a secondary instrument. I don’t know.

– Voices from the benches –

M. LAZARIDIS: Be careful not to be surprised at the end. Journalism information says that OLAF has been looking for since 2016.

G. ZALIDIS: Yes, he goes from ’16 he is looking.