Reshuffle at 12:30: Kefalogiannis, Tsiaras, Vartzopoulos and Kellas out – Schinas, Lazaridis and Tournas enter the government

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is proceeding with a authorities reshuffle pursuing the OPEKEPE lawsuit files sent to Parliament. In the reshuffle, to beryllium announced astatine 12:30 p.m., Margaritis Schinas, Makarios Lazaridis and Vangelis Tournas volition participate the government.

Earlier, according to reports, the Minister of Civil Protection Giannis Kefalogiannis, the Minister of Rural Development Kostas Tsiaras, and Deputy Minister of Health Dimitris Vartzopoulos submitted their resignations, arsenic their names are included successful 1 of the 2 lawsuit files sent to Parliament regarding the OPEKEPE affair. Christos Kellas is besides being removed.

According to the aforesaid information, determination was connection betwixt the Prime Minister’s bureau and Kefalogiannis, Tsiaras and Vartzopoulos.

ND Secretary Kostas Skrekas is besides successful an highly hard position, and it is considered a substance of hours earlier helium resigns from his enactment role.

Beyond that, it is considered definite that Mitsotakis whitethorn proceed with much drastic moves, including the “removal” of MPs progressive successful much superior conversations and facing felony charges. According to information, specified decisions volition travel the authorities reshuffle but are improbable to beryllium delayed beyond Holy Monday.

At the halfway of these developments are erstwhile curate Kostas Ach. Karamanlis and erstwhile lawman curate Katerina Papakosta. It remains to beryllium seen whether Mitsotakis volition proceed with expulsions oregon whether MPs volition beryllium asked down the scenes to measurement down and surrender their seats. It is believed that anyone who leaves present volition find it hard to beryllium included successful aboriginal ND electoral lists unless their ineligible cases are afloat resolved.

What is mentioned successful the lawsuit files

According to reports, the record accompanying the petition to assistance Giannis Kefalogiannis’ immunity does not see his ain conversations but those of a adjacent associate, who communicates with past OPEKEPE president Dimitris Melas. The subordinate is said to petition favors for individuals who are presently successful pre-trial detention.

A adjacent subordinate of Kostas Tsiaras, though alert that his petition to the OPEKEPE president was not lawful, reportedly insisted, noting it acrophobic idiosyncratic adjacent to him. At the time, Tsiaras was serving arsenic Minister of Justice.

According to information, Dimitris Vartzopoulos sent a connection to a elder OPEKEPE authoritative regarding a citizen’s lawsuit from his constituency, saying “Take a look if you can.”

In the lawsuit of Kostas Skrekas, determination is simply a nonstop speech with Melas successful which the MP is informed that his petition is irregular and that the physics submission strategy had closed aft the deadline. Nevertheless, helium insists connected being accommodated. Melas reportedly says helium volition bypass the strategy and grip it manually, with Skrekas praising him. He past instructs a subordinate to proceed, noting that the petition indispensable beryllium fulfilled arsenic they had besides asked Skrekas for different “favor.”