European Public Prosecutor’s Office blunder in the OPEKEPE case: sent summonses for felonies to MPs who are actually being investigated for misdemeanours

Several MPs who are being investigated successful the model of the OPEKEPE lawsuit file, and whose parliamentary immunity has been lifted, recovered themselves facing what is formally a superior but procedurally flawed issue. This is due to the fact that they received a summons from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to taxable written explanations by May 22, but saw that they were being treated arsenic facing felony charges, portion astir are really being investigated for misdemeanours.

It is recalled that lone 2 MPs are being investigated for felonies, arsenic the magnitude nether probe exceeds €120,000: Kostas Ach. Karamanlis and Katerina Papakosta. The remaining 9 MPs from New Democracy are being investigated for misdemeanours, but were nevertheless amazed by the statement successful the prosecutor’s summons and instantly requested clarifications. Lawyers for respective of the individuals progressive person besides entered the treatment and are successful interaction with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Given this, a “corrected version” with the close charges is expected to beryllium sent aboriginal contiguous oregon tomorrow.

MPs who were confronted with this incidental confirmed to protothema.gr that determination was a superior procedural error, stressing that it demonstrates the deficiency of attraction successful the process. Some besides reason that it reflects the broader sloppiness of the lawsuit record and the transgression appraisal being made successful their cases. Legal sources enactment that this incidental “could adjacent pb to the annulment of the procedure, resulting successful delays and a hazard of medicine (statute of limitations).”

The contented is besides confirmed to protothema.gr by lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, representing immoderate of the governmental figures nether investigation. He stated:
“Indeed, today, owed to an mistake by the secretariat of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, immoderate progressive individuals were served with a summons for explanations containing an incorrect magnitude of alleged damage. The secretariat was instantly informed of the mistake and caller summonses with the close amounts volition follow. However, regarding my clients Kostas Tsiaras, Notis Mitarakis and Katerina Papakosta, the summonses they received incorporate the close amounts,” helium said.

Summonses for explanations person besides been issued to non-political individuals included successful the 2nd OPEKEPE lawsuit record and successful the recorded conversations that person been made public.