Minister indictment, Sinai Monastery dispute and farm fraud top agenda

View of Saint Catherine’s Monastery, shown successful 1990. [AP Photo]

The indictment of erstwhile transport curate Kostas Karamanlis for his relation successful the deadly Tempe obstruction clang remains astatine the forefront of Greece’s governmental docket this week, arsenic the authorities grapples with the contentious issue.

The ruling New Democracy enactment recognizes that it cannot debar investigating the erstwhile minister’s imaginable responsibilities, adjacent though lone misdemeanor charges person been filed. It remains unclear however Karamanlis will code the matter, including whether helium will petition referral to a Judicial Council successful a letter, arsenic erstwhile curate Christos Triantopoulos did to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Karamanlis whitethorn take to speak successful Parliament, a determination that could spark a fierce governmental confrontation with the opposition. Moreover, there is nary statement within the ruling party’s parliamentary radical connected whether this is the due people of action. The Prime Minister’s Office is acrophobic that some New Democracy MPs whitethorn withhold support for the question successful the concealed ballot.

Another contented the authorities indispensable contend with is the emerging rift with Egypt implicit the status of the Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine connected Mount Sinai. The authorities is besides facing dense disapproval implicit a workplace fraud ungraded involving a widespread strategy to defraud European Union funds done fictitious pastureland claims.

The Tempe indictment

The left-wing SYRIZA enactment plans to submit its ain question to Parliament, calling for the premier curate to beryllium summoned to the parliamentary inquiry. The enactment has invited different governmental groups to support the motion, which requires 30 signatures for submission. However, the New Left and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) person already rejected the request.

OPEKEPE investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to analyse the cultivation subsidies scandal, which whitethorn implicate governmental figures and officials from OPEKEPE, the bureau liable for distributing EU workplace funds.

Both the main absorption PASOK enactment and KKE person called for each agriculture ministers since 2019 to testify earlier the Parliamentary Institutions and Transparency Committee.

Greek delegation to Cairo

On Wednesday, a Greek diplomatic delegation led by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will visit Cairo for talks concerning the status of the Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine connected Mount Sinai.

According to the Foreign Ministry, Gerapetritis will beryllium accompanied by officials from the ministries of education, spiritual affairs, and civilization and sports, and will conscionable with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelaty.

The talks purpose to find the grade to which a caller Egyptian tribunal ruling reflects a displacement successful Cairo’s stance connected an statement finalized past December but still unsigned, contempt idiosyncratic assurances from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Greece-Cyprus-Egypt trilateral

A trilateral gathering connected diaspora issues betwixt Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt will beryllium held astatine the Foreign Ministry connected Monday. The gathering is portion of the countries’ practice under the “Nostos” program.

The inaugural seeks to reunite Cypriots, Greeks, and their descendants successful Alexandria for a symbolic instrumentality to the places their ancestors erstwhile lived.

Foreign minister’s bilateral meetings

On Tuesday successful Athens, Gerapetritis will clasp abstracted bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Albania and Spain.

University security

will seat a gathering connected Monday with university rectors to code the contented of field security. Universities person until the extremity of July to submit finalized information plans.

Personal fig rollout

On Tuesday, the authorities will motorboat the exertion level for the caller idiosyncratic number, which will service arsenic a unified identifier for each citizens successful their interactions with the state. It will regenerate existing sector-specific numbers, such arsenic the tax ID fig (AFM) and the κοινωνικά information fig (AMKA), and will beryllium issued via the myInfo exertion connected gov.gr.