Her persecution, war and incredible pressure being put on her, as well as her public reprimand from then-Deputy Minister of Justice Dimitris Papagelopoulos for her handling of the case of the late businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos, were mentioned today during her testimony before the Special Court. former appellate attorney Georgia Zatani.

In particular, on the 14th day of the trial in the Special Court, where the former Deputy Minister of Justice Dimitris Papagelopoulos and the former head of Eleni Tulupaki are suing, Ms. Tsatani testified today. The Public Prosecutor, who has denounced Mr. Papagelopoulos since 2016, when he was in office, reiterated before the Special Court that she was subjected to pressure and threats to her life by the former Deputy Minister of Justice, while she spoke of similar pressure that the then High Court Attorney, Efterpi Koutzamani, also agreed.

Characteristically, Ms. Tsatani said, “I have experienced tremendous pressure and unimaginable persecution. But I do not link the defendants with the terrorist attack against me. under government charges. I submitted a handwritten report against Papagelopoulos and the pressure brought against me. I did this to ensure her privacy. I introduced it to the then Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Efterpi Kutsoumani, and the then Director of the Appellate Prosecutor’s Office, Isidoros Dogiako, without giving the slightest publicity.”

The witness explained what preceded her handwritten account of the pressure on her work by Dimitris Papagelopoulos, noting: “I didn’t wake up one morning to denounce the all-powerful then Deputy Minister of Justice and then suffer what they suffered. In the end, I presented my report formally and quietly.”

In addition, Ms. Tsatani spoke in detail about her handling of the Vgenopoulos case, describing that at the coordination meeting held on 10.07.2015 at the Ministry of Justice in the case between the competent judicial agents from Greece and Cyprus, in her presence, Mr. Papagelopoulos entered, claiming to be watching. She indicated that she denied the possibility of the presence of the Deputy Minister and asked him to leave the hall. Subsequently, a flurry of publications with offensive characteristics and disparaging comments about her and her family members fell upon her. “From that day in the ministry, Eol’s bags were opened against me,” the witness added.

According to Ms. Tsatani’s testimony, Mr. Papagelopoulos then asked the Supreme Court prosecutor to prosecute her, saying, “What are you holding here, Tsatani,” and then referred to statements made by the defendants outside the Supreme Court, where he stated that ” the government will not tolerate any more coups.”

Elsewhere, the witness referred to a meeting, which she said was official at the Ministry of Justice, which took place on her own initiative. At this meeting, according to her account, Mr. Papagelopoulos pressured her to take on the Vgenopoulos case, adding that in two subsequent phone calls he threatened, for example, “if you want to celebrate Christmas at home, with your family …”, “you are holding a bomb in your hands, which will explode”, “there is an abscess that will explode at your expense.”

At the beginning of the hearing, Eleni Tulupaki’s lawyers asked the court to send the trial transcript to the prosecutor’s office in order to file a suit for perjury against former financial crimes prosecutor Panagiotis Athanasios for testifying during the hearing. court for two days.

Taking the floor at this point, Mr. Papagelopoulos stated the following regarding the content of Mr. Athanasiou’s testimony:

“Everything he said is a lie! There are two facts. Either Mr. Athanasiou is telling the truth and I am lying, or I am telling the truth and he is lying. In both cases, he committed criminal offenses. If he lies, he has committed perjury. If what he testified is true, then he committed an abuse of power or a breach of duty. If what he says is true, he should have filed a case against me. At the very least, he should be competently reported for dereliction of duty and, most importantly, for abuse of power. In addition to the criminal offense, there is also moral licentiousness. If he lies, it shows his complete lack of morality, betraying a 40-year friendship and his total ingratitude. He even lied about how long we’ve known each other. If he’s telling the truth and I’m a liar and that’s why he tolerated my unacceptable behavior as a minister for a whole year, he said without shame because I was ashamed that he wanted to do his job. That is, extend his term of office, give him offices with secretaries, save Khudal from the Disciplinary Board. Today, when I have the luxury of choosing between ethics and legality, I can say this: 40 years ago, when I was sworn in in Corinth, the appellate prosecutor, Mr. Baveas, told me that “the prosecutor must have 10 things. Ethos, ethos, ethos… and he repeated the word ethos 10 times. And he added: And if the law knows a little, then even better.

And Mr. Papagelopoulos added: “His words have marked my life and I have tried to use them as a guide in my life. My favorite heroine was Antigone, not… Rasputina! I understand the lies, I don’t understand the meaning of the lies that I pushed him. You are the 18 supreme judges. You have personal experience. Have any of you ever called me? And there were three accursed ones who got scared and threw them at me. Even Aggelis testified that he came to my office and I bought him coffee, and he said that I never bothered him with anything.