Her testimony businessman Christos Kalogritsa’s secretaryEthalias Diamantis, who allegedly spoke at Special Court about the routes of black money in SYRIZA, in connection with the 2016 television license case, set the political stage on fire. OUR Nikos Pappas, the defendant in the case, called her a perjurer, warning that she would be called for what she said before the Greek judge after he filed a lawsuit against her. The former minister stated that “the bearers of these false testimonies, who once again choose the path of dirt against him SYRIZA, only panic gives them away. In the face of a wave of revelations about a party with public money and an abuse of the rule of law, they invent unsupported and pointless distractions. However, their investigation in order to immediately sign false testimony shows that they are hiding behind it.

From the government camp Yannis Oikonomou asked him for an explanation Alexis Tsipras. “Following Ms. Diamanti’s sworn testimony about black money routes between Mr. Nikos Pappas, Christos Kalogritsa and Artemis Artemiou to fund SYRIZA and its journalism divisions, the questions are relentless and Mr. Tsipras personally must give clear responses to the Greek people. Answers to everything that has been hypocritically denied for years. Was Mr. Tsipras aware of the activities of Mr. Pappas, his closest and oldest associate? Why does he still support and shield him politically? How many bags and how much did they end up in the treasury of SYRIZA?”

The government refers to the routes of “black” money to finance SYRIZA – N. Pappas speaks of perjury, who will sue him.

Nikos Pappas’ lawyer, Yiannis Mantzouranis, stressed: “The stories about Halim, and more specifically about Euthalia, with all the dirt they carry in their suitcases, will be heard in the competent courts, unless he decides to restore the truth. .” Continuing the war of high-profile statements, New Democracy noted that “we look forward to the implementation of Mr. Pope’s stated intention to sue his secretary, Mr. Kalogritsa, for her complaints. However, we are surprised that he has not filed for so many years to court against Mr. Kalogritsa himself, who reported in detail about the purpose of the black money leaving his office with bags, based on what his secretary said. Iliopoulos pumpin an interview with SKY, pointedly stated that “in the next period, we are waiting to see if there will be a bold haircut of Mr. Kalogritsa’s loans.”

The controversy also entered PASOK, saying that what was filed with the special court was shocking. “Ms. Diamanti’s testimony about the envelopes and bags of money that were sent from Mr. Kalogritsa’s office to the leadership of SYRIZA raises questions that need to be answered immediately… Accountability and transparency are essential to overcome the crisis of citizens’ confidence in the institution” . The KKE notes that once again “the confrontation between the parties of the establishment around the media landscape is trying to ignore the central problem, which is the control of information and media by various business interests and which bears the signature of N.D. , SYRIZA and PASOK-KINAL”.

Tension at the Special Court

The testimonies also caused tension at yesterday’s meeting of the Special Court. Former minister Nikos Pappas’ attorneys’ side said they have an order and intend to sue Ms. Diamantis. In response, Mr. Andreas Loverdos, one of the two lawyers for Mr. Christos Kalogritz, submitted to the court the following statement from his client: “Let them file as many claims as they want to hear those that were not heard.” However, the president of the court, Joanna Klapa, clarified, referring to the testimony of a witness, that “what he said was not about Nikos Papp, but about SYRIZA. A witness testified to this. Not for Pappas, not for Tsipras.”