Health Minister Adonis Georgiades has given the health minister Androulakis a break in his political clash with PASOK President Nikos Androulakis.
In a new post, he respondstoHarilaou Trikoupis’s announcementon property of the Androulakis family leased by the Public.
Adonis Georgiades refers to an announcement issued “under a state of absolute panic”, claiming that the PASOK has not responded “to anything at all” from what it raised publicly.
“I did not speak of illegality but of a moral issue”
The Health Minister clarifies that he did not accuse Nikos Androulakis of lawlessness in the Land Registry contract, but raised, as he says, a question of political and moral order.
“I said that it is legal, but it is also ethical for the opposition leader to have received 1.2 million tickets. euros from the Greek state with a contract made under PASOK,” he says.
At the same time, he insists that he never claimed that the president of PASOK received money for renovation of the property, but that the building was renovated with public funds.
In fact, it raises questions about whether there were other properties available in Heraklion and whether Nikos Androulakis’ local name recognition and his role in PASOK played a role in the choice.
“Two measures and two weights”
In his post, Adonis Georgiades also responds to accusations of suggestions of undeclared money,claiming that he never mentioned illegal funds.
As noted, he accused Nikos Androulakis of “hypocrisy“, referring to the PASOK chairman’s attitude towards other cases.
“I accused him of hypocrisy.Two weights and measures,” he said, referring to previous public statements by the opposition leader.
At the same time, he revisits the issue of bank accounts abroad, noting that he considers it “unacceptable” for a would-be prime minister to keep his money in banks outside Greece, while clarifying that he does not question their legality.
“Let’s go to court”
The Health Minister raises the tone of the controversy even higher, responding to the announcement of an appeal to the courts by PASOK.
“So let’s go to the courts to talk about it and we’ll be happy to talk about it there,” he says.
At the same time, he calls for Nikos Androulakis to be invited to the Institutional and Transparency Committee of the Parliament in order to present “all the contracts and the millions he got from the state”.
“I don’t think anyone from PASOK has any objections?”, Adonis Georgiades concludes in his post.
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