{"id":3962,"date":"2026-05-04T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:25:00","slug":"spilios-livanos-we-highlighted-the-scandal-of-opekepe-pasok-syriza-near-in-a-populist-contest-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3962","title":{"rendered":"Spilios Livanos: We highlighted the scandal of OPEKEPE &#8211; PASOK, SYRIZA, NEAR in a populist contest (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">A fierce counterattack<\/b> has been launched by former <b>minister of Rural Development<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"66\">Spilios Livanos<\/b>, responding to the criticisms of <b>opposition parties<\/b> on the issue of <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"160\">OPEKEPE<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Mr. <b>Livanos<\/b> blamed <b>PASOK<\/b>, <b>Syriza <\/b>and <b>New Left<\/b> for &#8220;a <b>populist contest<\/b>&#8220;, stressing that they are attempting to create <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"305\">micropolitical noise<\/b> based on unsubstantiated data and fragmentary reports.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The former minister defended his work, noting that during his 13-month tenure, having the full support of Prime Minister <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"152\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>, he made <b>cuts that dismantled chronic pathologies and <b>exposed the <b>real scandal in OPEKEPE<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">According to him, the interventions of that period <b>led to the return<\/b> of some <b>70 million euros<\/b> of <b>illegal subsidies<\/b> to state coffers, amounts which were subsequently paid to <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"420\">legitimate producers<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The clash with vested interests, however, came at a personal cost. <b>Livanos revealed the depth of the confrontation with the fund embezzlers<\/b>, stating: &#8220;<b>I openly confronted the embezzlers of European funds and they put a bounty on my head<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">In conclusion, <b>Spilios Livanos<\/b> called on the opposition to stop <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"73\">the inaccurate equation<\/b> of right and wrong, warning that such tactics ultimately harm the <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"175\">farming world<\/b> itself. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">At the same time, he said he was ready to analyse at every level the 2021 strategy, which he insisted <b>has acted as a shield for legitimacy and transparency<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Minister of Rural Development, Spilios Livanos, launched a strong counterattack in response to the criticisms of opposition parties for the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}