EPPO sends OPEKEPE case files to Greek parliament

The Greek parliament has received lawsuit files from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) related to the OPEKEPE scandal, which involves the alleged fraudulent organisation of cultivation subsidies, on with a petition to assistance the parliamentary immunity of 11 lawmakers to let imaginable transgression investigations.

The files besides urge the enactment of a parliamentary committee to analyse the behaviour of erstwhile Rural Development Minister Spilios Livanos and erstwhile Deputy Minister Fotini Arabatzi. Prosecutors allege that some were morally complicit successful repeated breaches of trust while performing authoritative duties successful Athens successful 2021.

The 11 lawmakers whose immunity is under reappraisal are Konstantinos Skrekas, Katerina Papakosta, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Panagiotis Mitarakis, Konstantinos Tsiaras, Dimitris Vartzopoulos, Maximos Senetakis, Vasileios Vassiliadis, Christos Boukoros and Theofilos Leontaridis.