Government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou issued the statement, apparently referring to a publication in the Documento newspaper alleging that the EMP was following General Konstantinos Floros, head of the General Directorate of Defense and Security, in a “black money” case in which he accuses SYRIZA of ” undermining the armed forces”, which “are now approaching the limits of causing serious damage to the homeland” at a moment “especially critical for national security”.

“The Government surrounds the leadership of the armed forces with absolute confidence,” said Mr. Economou in a statement.

FULL STATEMENT BY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

“Undermining our Armed Forces by SYRIZA – with the help of undocumented and completely unreliable material from dirty networks – goes far beyond irresponsibility and opportunism, reaching the limits of causing serious damage to the Motherland. In fact, at a time especially critical to our national security, due to outside conspiracies. Indeed, what is the path of this supposed material? We would like to repeat that the Government surrounds the leadership of the Armed Forces with absolute confidence. And no one will shake this trust. The government is the guarantor of security, democracy and order, as evidenced by the strengthening of our defense capabilities, effective diplomacy, commitment to the national interest and institutionalism. He is determined and, above all, capable of not allowing anyone, from inside or outside, to weaken and harm Greece. The independent Greek judiciary is fully doing its job so that everything can be answered, among which, in what way and for what purposes such content is systematically directed by dirty networks in certain directions. The government guarantees that there will be no shadow and no room for damage to the Motherland“.