Beos: “I’m not racist – Tetei should apologize!”

The accused went on the counterattack… O Achilles Beos during his testimony at the hearing of the case for him characterization of “monkey” that he used addressing Andreas Tetei in the Kifissia-Volos match he argued that the use of the word had no racist connotation. Yes, called the 22-year-old ace to apologize.

“I want you to get to the point. You need to know who you are talking to. I won’t be long. As an immigrant to the US I worked with all kinds of nationalities and colors. In 2011 I experienced the greatest injustice a human being has ever suffered. Because of memos, political crooks used sworn prisons and I went to prison. To confuse the world. The sequel known, I was solemnly acquitted“, he initially emphasized

“I am not a racist. What I said had nothing to do with nationalities and colors. I protested. “Hey, what are you whistling, monkey, foul, he falls on his own, they don’t touch him”. It was said in the sense of the ballot box and went to the referee. Tell me where it comes from that it’s racist? Bring in linguists. Some journalistic garbage to serve business interests and with known practices used it. Through artificial intelligence they can change these. I’m not saying I didn’t say the word monkey. He tried to fool the referee“, he continued and added:

“Mr. Tetei must apologize! Recently the captain of the national team, Bakasetas publicly apologized, saying that in a match there is tension. Tetei should apologize, he is underestimating his credibility. Both he and his team tried to sell it as racist to the public. These practices do not serve the struggle for a just society, the opposite. They stigmatized a businessman, president and Mayor. We ordinary citizens have placed our last hope in you and the judicial officers. I won’t go into the legal stuff. In my recent apology a week ago, about the match sheet I said that he did say it. I’m not racist, I didn’t address Tetei!».

Asked from the seat how far away the referee was, he replied: “We didn’t have the tape measure to measure. It was about 10 meters away. They are not in the same line. In the heat of the moment it’s hard to know details. It is not 20 meters, very close. As I get up. To my five children, I did not even turn to look at Tetei. I addressed the referee».

In fact, Mr. Beos also presented a video of his actions in the Municipality of Volos, while he mentioned that he has employees of other nationalities in his businesses.

THE lawyer from Kifissia, Argyris Livasreplied: “I was surprised that Tetei was asked to apologize. And we trust your judgement. If it is judged not to be racist and it doesn’t matter what you refer to, I leave that to you. I told him he didn’t have to come. There is the video, that’s enough, our minds, our ears and the next day when by your own decision it will be judged whether the “monkey” is racist. We have an obligation not to apologize and to demand forgiveness. Article 18 should be applied in all its provisions».

In her supplementary affidavit, Achilles Beu’s lawyer, Katerina Vlahava, pointed out: “The word monkey is not racist in itself. There should be daily prosecutions by the PAE. The citizens of our country have placed our hopes in justice, it has become fashionable to ban certain words. The words fat, short, monkey will be banned. We risk criminalizing opinions and not actions. We call for the use of the anti-racism law to be controlled. We demand Mr. Beu’s discharge».

The procedure was completed after two hours and the parties involved have until Wednesday to file briefs, therefore the decision is not expected earlier.