Ex-Deputy Minister of Justice apologized for the tricks of the “powerful system with ribs for justice” Dimitris Papagelopoulos In front of him Special Courtwhere he is on trial for interfering with justicehis position in the dock.

With an apology that lasted five hours, the former minister tried to explain the accusations against him as a revenge of interest, as a result of his long prosecutorial trip and the investigations he ordered from time to time.

Dimitris Papagelopoulos stated that he was “angry” for what he suffered, spoke of his “shameless defilement”, while he claimed that he was in the dock because in the past, when he was a prosecutor, he led investigations into cases for which the country was brought to bankruptcy, such as OTE and others. He also added that his indictment was the result of his stance “against corruption and confusion”.

As regards the complaints against him by the three prosecutors, Eleni Raikou, Georgia Tsatani and Panagiotis Athanasiou, he called them “bogus and made up after the fact.” In particular, in a high-pitched speech referring to receptions from the centers and “part of a rotten political system,” the defendant minister stated that his position in court was the product of his “poor targeting.”

Novartis and Rasputin

D. Papagelopoulos argued that his position “against corruption and confusion” was the reason for his indictment.

Regarding the initial accusation against him of judicial manipulation in the case of Novartis illegal actions, the former minister stated that, despite the fact that the chapter was closed by the will of the Judicial Council, references to Novartis and Rasputin”, speaking of “contempt of justice”, while he went even further, implying that these references constitute attempts at “wrongful assassination” in view of the decision of the Special Court. .

In fact, he claimed that Mr. Rammos and Mr. Menudakos could get lucky. If they can, they will also sue him,” adding that “they only care about covering up major scandals.”

In particular, he categorically denied the accusations against him (the moral criminal for abusing the powers of the prosecutor Eleni Tulupaki), and yesterday he persisted with details about the complaints of three prosecutors against him for interference, trying to refute the complaints. that he interfered in his work at that time as the head of the economic prosecutor’s office, prosecutor Pan. Athanasiou for a series of cases, including the investigation against SKAI owner Giannis Alafuzu, the case of Neon journalist Giorgos Papachristou, and the case of Piraeus Bank and Michalis Salla.

Decision before the elections

And while the Minister of Litigation continues to apologize today, the President of the Special Court, Vasiliki Iliopoulou, informed all those involved in the trial that the trial should be completed no later than the end of February, implying that the Court plans to end the trial before the forthcoming announcement of parliamentary elections. The intervention of the Chairman of the Special Court is connected with the forecast that during the pre-election period, the consideration of the case in the Special Court will be suspended until the re-convening of Parliament.