Adonis Georgiadis, Greece’s Health Minister, dismissed as “lies” PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis’s claim that his family receives €1,000 per month after taxes from renting a disputed property to the state. Speaking on Action 24, Georgiadis stated the actual monthly rent is €10,000.
“It’s absurd to talk about €1,000 after taxes,”
Georgiadis said. “The contract signed by the Androulakis family is for €10,000 per month. In an attempt to downplay the issue, he told a major lie. The core of this matter is that, under the PASOK-led government in 2009, both Nikos Androulakis’s father and himself — both senior PASOK officials — secured a contract directly from the government of that time.”
He also rejected Androulakis’s assertion that the lease decision was made under the Karamanlis administration and implemented later by the Hellenic Cadastre. “Elections were held in early October 2009. The Cadastre signed the contract in April 2010, and the evaluation committee that rejected the cheaper bid convened in October 2009. No Karamanlis government, as falsely claimed, completed this process. I’m genuinely surprised he tells so many lies on live television,” Georgiadis added.
He emphasized that the evaluation committee approved four bids — with Androulakis’s fourth-place offer being the cheapest among them — while rejecting a fifth bid that was significantly lower. “To clarify for the public: Androulakis offered €10,500, while the bidder who lost under the PASOK government offered €7,500. So, under a PASOK government, a top official from the Heraklion regional authority won a public contract. This is clear favoritism toward the Androulakis family.”
Georgiadis also questioned the timeline Androulakis presented, noting the politician claimed the property had been leased since 2004. “I don’t know if that’s true, but something doesn’t add up: if there was already a contract with the Cadastre back in 2004, why was a new tender launched in 2009 and 2010? If it was with another agency, that’s irrelevant to this discussion. I also find it telling that Androulakis says this wasn’t the first advisory council appointment in 2010 — that it dated back to 2004. Elections then took place in March. Was the 2004 contract awarded before those elections? He should present the details — because if he secured it before Costas Simitis left office, it would reflect even more poorly on him. Since he himself admits a prior contract existed, when exactly was it signed, and through what procedure?”
Georgiadis concluded: “I have no intention of taking Androulakis to court, but I’ve made it clear he can’t point fingers. He’s extremely wealthy — €1 million here, another €1 million there — and now suddenly feels compassion for the poor Greek citizen. At this time, two party leaders have accused me of leading a criminal organization responsible for their political assassination: Androulakis and Fofi Benaboud. The Androulakis family — and Nikos Androulakis personally — collects €10,000 per month from the state. To me, that’s ethically unacceptable for someone positioning himself as a hopeful prime minister and leader of the opposition.”