Yesterday we had a change of parliamentary seats in the New Democracy, Fthiotis MP Themis Heimaras resigned after SYRIZA exposed the virtual transfer case of Smarts IKE, which after the 2019 elections increased its turnover several times and took 44 projects from public agencies for a total the amount of 902,000 euros. The MP himself, in a letter to the Speaker of the Parliament, Kostas Tasula, admits that he “put the party he serves in a difficult position” because of the problems that have arisen in recent days in connection with his entrepreneurial activities, and adds that he fully assumes the responsibility entrusted to him and resigns from the seat of Parliament because “I will never allow such a matter that worries me to be used by our political opponents.”

In another part of his letter, Mr. Heimaras mentions that “the inconsistency that has arisen in the last few days regarding my business activity and despite the fact that the data I have provided does not show an increase in sales during my parliamentary term. tenure raises questions.” After the transfer of the seat by Mr. Heimaras, it is now held by the First Vice-Miss of Fthiotis Prefecture, Eleni Makri-Theodorou, who is an educator and was previously elected deputy of Fthiotis Prefecture. At the end of his letter, Mr. Heimaras states that he remains “on the front lines of the fight against New Democracy alongside our Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.”

His place is taken by the first vice-miss of Fthiotida Prefecture Eleni Makri-Theodorou.

After the resignation, the opposition commented very caustically on the events, moreover, SYRIZA, which “raised” this issue all the previous days, accusing the Prime Minister that he “does not dare to remove Mr. Heymaru” and “continues to hold on to N.D. another “Pacis” scandal and corruption”. Komunduru continues by saying that “for several days, Mr. Mitsotakis concealed the illegal activities and robberies of Mr. Heimaras and apparently accepted his lies and ridiculous explanations” and “at the end After all, Mr. Heimaras resigned as a member of parliament today in order to “facilitate” N.D.”

For its part, PASOK attacked the government, stating that for five days it had “picked a daisy, avoiding even informal comments of disapproval from its MP Themis Heimaras”, concluding that “a state state is nothing more than a mechanism for serving the interests at the expense of the Greek people without any sense of shame.