Adonis Georgiadis speaking late Thursday evening in Parliament, revealed that in December 2023, OPEKEPE had requested livestock farmers to photograph their fields, and SYRIZA MP from Chania Pavlos Polakis had demanded the circular be withdrawn. “What I will submit is not to perpetuate the feud with Polakis but to highlight political hypocrisy. I heard what he said about OPEKEPE. One can hear many things in life, but some exceed even the most vivid imagination. I submit for the record a post by Mr. Polakis from December 15, 2023. What had happened then? OPEKEPE had issued a circular stating that livestock farmers must photograph their fields within 3 days and share the photos through a mobile application. OPEKEPE had implemented a digital procedure to say show us what you have so we can file it,” the Health Minister initially stated.
“Pavlos Polakis wrote then: ‘Are you crazy at OPEKEPE or do you want to blame farmers for the UNPRECEDENTED SLASHING OF SUBSIDIES???? Did you think of this yourselves or are you executing orders from the Ministry of Rural Development???? TAKE IT BACK IMMEDIATELY!!’ And now he says ‘why didn’t you conduct checks,’ ‘ah, you’re a criminal gang.’ Well, aren’t you ashamed? Indeed, it’s a foul story that needs investigation, but you all appear as if you fell from the clouds, and Mr. Androulakis says he can’t stand political favors happening,” Mr. Georgiadis continued.
Georgiadis: The green guards were the most thriving product in coffee shops
“But really, aren’t you ashamed? Was I born in another country? I was born in 1972 and grew up in the ’80s. The green guards were the most thriving product in coffee shops. They knew PASOK’s sectoral policies better than the Acropolis, and now they remembered that ‘how is it possible for MPs to engage in political favors,'” he added.
“What you’re saying is very hypocritical, there’s no ministerial involvement. If I open your phone, Mr. Christidis, haven’t you ever spoken with any voter about some issue? The criminal gang is different – there are no MPs among them, it’s a network that truly existed and is being investigated. Because I’m really starting to go crazy, you learned in Greece that an MP can be criticized because a fellow citizen called him to help with a case that got stuck. I can’t stand listening to hypocrisy anymore. So let’s go, illegal subsidies are one thing, which is indeed an abscess that needs to burst and the government has submitted an organized plan, and another thing is the gossip that Mr. Androulakis engaged in today with the various things he said, thinking he was being clever,” Adonis Georgiadis concluded.
