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TV Licenses: A flurry of texting questions

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TV Licenses: A flurry of texting questions

Two months after the start of Special Court trial of a former minister of state Nikos Pappa and entrepreneur Christou Kalogritsa in case of competition television licenses in 2016, the revelations made in the context of the trial are brought to the political stage. What is being heard in the courtroom raises key political questions about what was published in the summer of 2016, and more generally about the manipulation of the SYRIZA government in its attempt to change and control the media landscape. And if the court is still in Special Court remained “in sight”, now the central figures are hinting that we will have to wait for other revelations.

The Government, as well as PASOK, were stubbornly questioning SYRIZA yesterday, demanding answers about what was found in the courtroom, and especially about a written communication allegedly sent by Mr. Pappas to Mr. Kalogrice regarding the advisory board of shareholders. TV channel. From Komundu, despite persistent questions, there was no official statement. In this setting, the statement by Andreas Loverdos, Christos Kalogritsa’s lawyer in court, that there were dozens more text messages, created a sense of what more could be uncovered.

“This is the sixth SMS that my client has submitted, the other five have been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Commission of the Parliament and are already in the case file. This is exactly the same, the sixth one, and I have 200 more,” Mr. Loverdos told Thessaloniki radio station (status 107.7) and added that it was up to his client whether these messages would be transmitted.

Businessman’s lawyer, Andre. Loverdos told his client that he had “200 more”.

Government spokesman Dimitris Oikonomou spoke yesterday about Mr. Tsipras’ “deafening silence” and called on the President of SYRIZA to answer a series of questions: Is the person listed under code A2 also associated with the trade in bags of money in the SYRIZA treasury. Have there been any other hints to channels looking to get licensed during this time as to how their equity ratio will change. If so, they perceive the independence of the media.

Similar questions to Mr. Tsipras were raised by the ND in its statement. The announcement also raises the question of whether Mr Pappas, after suing Mr Kalogritsa’s secretary for complaining about the money bags, will also sue Mr Kalogritsa himself after how the message will be made public.

PASOK representative Dimitris Manzos addressed the leadership of SYRIZA and Mr. Pappe, who even stressed that the questions that arise are “relentless and require clear answers.”

The first question was whether the published text message was sent by Mr. Pappas or not, and the second, “as the minister in charge of tendering television licenses, handed out not only licenses, but … shares in channels in the background” .

Author: Gifts of Antonio

Source: Kathimerini

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