Panos Kammenos gave an angry response following revelations about new conversations that came to light between himself and the alleged leader of the Crete mafia, which are included in the case file of the investigation.
In a statement on the “10 Everywhere” show, Panos Kammenos noted: “500 people call me every day. How can I take seriously someone who believes that Trump can intervene to make an archimandrite a metropolitan? These are ridiculous things. I was obviously joking with him! I don’t remember if there are other conversations of mine. Why, I wonder, are only my conversations selectively leaked from a criminal organization case file? They are attempting character assassination. They’re afraid I might return.”
“If they continue this war, I will enter politics again,” emphasized Mr. Kammenos and continued, responding to questions about scenarios regarding the creation of a new party by Alexis Tsipras: “I still maintain good relations with Tsipras. Only the Prespa Agreement divided us and still divides us.”
New conversations between Kammenos and the alleged “mastermind” of the Crete mafia – “I gave it to Trump’s staff… it’s done”
A second recorded excerpt from the conversation between Panos Kammenos and the alleged “mastermind” of the Crete mafia, recorded by police wiretaps – which is included in the case file formed for the criminal organization case – has come to light. Specifically, as emerges from their second conversation recorded by police wiretaps, Panos Kammenos allegedly promoted to the “American factor” the favor requested by the alleged “mastermind” of the criminal organization for the election of the Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronas.
As revealed, the former minister assures his interlocutor that he sent it directly “we gave it immediately… I gave it to Trump’s staff… it’s done”. The only reservation expressed by Panos Kammenos is “in case the commander of the American base in Souda is Democratic and… reacts because he is…”
It should be noted that the new recorded conversation contradicts Panos Kammenos, who after the publication of the first conversation claimed that “I neither spoke to the archimandrite nor helped him, nor answered the phone again”, while it also contradicts his claim that he didn’t know the accused “mastermind” of the Cretan mafia well enough, since their dialogue is extremely familiar with addresses like “my president” and “let’s go fishing”.
The conversation between Panos Kammenos and the alleged “mastermind” of the Crete mafia:
Crete Mafia Mastermind: I’m telling you now because I was your guy and they’ve openly screwed me over.
Kammenos: What have they done to me, haven’t they been chasing me?
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Fifteen court cases and I’ve been acquitted in all of them, in all. That bastard I had confronted, who had put the bugs in your hotel, the police director they still have him, they still haven’t gotten rid of him.
Kammenos: Yeah, where do they have him?
Crete Mafia Mastermind: They took Chinopoulos to Rethymno as police director in Rethymno. And they made him brigadier. The son of a bitch, they made him brigadier, took him from Chania and sent him to Rethymno. And he brought me to ten court cases then for you and I was acquitted in all. But I want to tell you that they still have that bastard.
Kammenos: Did you sue him? Did you sue him?
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Well, I did, but they canceled them all and turned it back on me. You know this. You don’t know the corrupt system.
Kammenos: My boy? Since you won the criminal case, why?
Crete Mafia Mastermind: But the man was a bastard when I confronted him and I tell him, you bastard, you went and put bugs when we cut Brigadier Georgakakis. Remember?
Kammenos: Yes, how could I not remember.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Yeah bastard, I tell him, I tell him you can bug the minister, I say bastard and such things. From then on he screwed me. But okay, screw them. Come let me tell you. Listen now here. Yesterday again for our good luck this bastard issued an announcement with the minister because Androulakis goes against him for our guy, for our Archimandrite and the ministry issued an announcement in the newspaper, I’ll send it to you in a bit, on Viber or WhatsApp, which do you see?
Kammenos: Both.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great, they issued an announcement that no he will stay, it will be firm, that it seems our guy is going to stay. Here now you need to pressure for our guy to become Metropolitan of Chania. Then there are other issues. I’ll tell you other things.
Kammenos: Where should I pressure whom.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: At the American base. Since the American base calls the shots. Because…
Kammenos: Did we give it to them there? I gave them that.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Yes, yes, that, that. Second, now when should I call our Metropolitan to come up? Tell me when to call him to come to Athens?
Kammenos: I just returned from America now.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Yes, let’s come one day my boy to go for a meal, to set the table for you to eat our fish, to talk.
Kammenos: I came for a few days to see Elena and the kids in Ermioni.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great.
Kammenos: I’ll come down on the first, second of the month, I’ll be down there.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: 1st-2nd of the month. Great, let’s talk. If we need to come down later.
Kammenos: Yes.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Let’s go eat our fish so you can meet him. The man is ours.
Kammenos: I’ll arrange it. Don’t worry about anything. Just tell me when you’ll come so I can send someone to pick you up from the airport.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great. Okay president. Okay my love, did we give this to the Americans?
Kammenos: When you told me, immediately.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Done. Then we’re OK.
Kammenos: The thing is that there are different directions over there. I gave it to Trump’s staff.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Well, done, if you gave it there we’re set.
Kammenos: Yes. The thing is it needs to go to the military command and if the commander is not Democratic. So basically of Souda.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great great.
Kammenos: Because they’re bastards too. These Democrats do this.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great my president, listen. Next week as we said, when you return well we’ll do as you said. Now I’m going to find him, we’ll call you, to say good evening and tell him these things.
Kammenos: Call me in the morning because now at this hour I start talking with abroad.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Great, what time should I call you tomorrow to call him to come sit together as company to talk?
Kammenos: Whatever time you want in the morning, after seven, six o’clock. Whatever you want. You know my schedule.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Okay my president and remember the bastard who went against us was Chinopoulos, Paraskevas who is now in Rethymno, Police director. Remember.
Kammenos: Listen to this bastard. I remember him, when you found the bugs.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: The curtains, don’t you remember? The curtains, when I called you and said don’t do anything in the hotel. Ha ha ha
Kammenos: The bastard had put them in the curtains, he had put them in the lamps too.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Yes yes yes.
Kammenos: And in the sockets.
Crete Mafia Mastermind: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
