Antonis Samaras testified today (11.6) in Valyrakis court and referred to the last communication he had with Sephi Valyrakis before his death.

Antonis Samaras contended that it was a murder and not a tragic accident involving a former PASOK minister. The former prime minister had a telephone conversation with Sifi Valyrakis on the morning of the day he breathed his last. Samaras claimed that the occasion for their contact was an article he had published in Kathimerini, with Sifi Valyrakis expressing his agreement and informing him that he had also written an article on Turkish provocations, which was to be published a few days later in Neas.

As Samaras said, just an hour and a half later he received a phone call from Mina Valyraki who was looking for him. “I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t believe that such a mancould ever die. It was very hard for anyone who knows him to believe that it wasn’t murder. From the pictures I saw this I believe it was a murder. Sifis Valyrakis could not drown, a lifeguard could drown, Sifis could not.” As for how he heard him on their phone call, he said “I heard him fine, lion.” “I remember him saying the word ‘agree’ and that he informed me that he had written an article on the same issues that would be published in another newspaper,” he added.

What Antonis Samaras testified about Sifis Valyrakis

“In terms of physical condition he was… anvil. This man is still unthinkable for me to say that he could have died if there was no brutal murder,” Antonis Samaras testified, adding: “It seems to be fate that anyone past 70 is decommissioned. It is not so. Especially for Sethi. He was fearless, undaunted, climbing on military planes! A Cretan leviathan, who made the daring venture of swimming across Albania. Knowing Sifi it is impossible to believe that this man could not tame the sea. It’s funny to say that. A lifeguard could drown, Seth could not.”