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(Title) The apology of John Angel, before the investigating judge Irene Good for Vatopedi monastery scandal and the lake Visthonidas transmitted today Proanakritiki Parliamentary Committee which continues to investigate the case. In this, the Director of the Office of the Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares its non-involvement in the ministerial decisions and argues that the closeness of his relationship with former Prime Minister allows some people to involve in the case, “whereas I’m most appropriate means to getting the Prime Minister “.
In his apology, Mr. Angel points out that the ministers and deputy ministers of the New Republic who signed the contested decision (waiver of notice,” exchange “areas),” acted strictly within their powers, by signing them. Have argued repeatedly, when invited to do so, to have acted voluntarily and with full conviction that did the lawful and correct. Therefore could not justify any involvement of former Prime Minister. Those who attempt it, referring to Maximus, do it for obvious reasons, because in this way, trying to find a scapegoat for their own actions. They do not post, very late and even if gained the status of the accused ».
However, given that he, Mr. Angel, is accused mostly based on recent testimony Petros Doukas, as a phone call to the then Financial Secretary, urged him to promote the objective case to friendly towards the interests of the monastery (waiver of the application and quickly), the witness avoids okay Mr. Duke to those who “seek to find a scapegoat for their own actions, considering that the former Secretary of State does not remember the exact time of the call accepted, nor detail.
«It’s obvious that Mr. Duke, remembers well. Something remember, but I do not remember well, “said Mr. Angel on the phone call with former Secretary of State, which in his version, made after the endorsement of the disputed decision by Mr. Duke and therefore did not affect significantly case. “As for my role, Mr. Duke is obviously from those who think that my proximity to the then Prime Minister gave me the possibility of political interference and influence the decisions of the Prime Minister, something is not right.” Mr. Duke, “confuses the facts and I do not think that deliberately anakrivologei».
Mr. Angel also belies those witnesses reported direct telephone contact with the monks, and then repeated that the Prime Minister’s Office which is headed, merely to send the letters it received, to “a competent».
– «If the letter concerning a complaint against the Minister will communicate again complained to the complaint? What would such a transfer ? ask the investigating judge Mr Angel.
– «The prime minister’s office was not the court. The policy is not applied to legal terms. The deputy minister or, if it remains in place, still enjoys the confidence of the Prime Minister “he answered.
· In the current procedure, the Commission informed Proanakritiki and action for defamation, who was MP of PASOK D. Tsironis the bank MARFIN EGNATIA BANK, having expressed the opinion, that the financing of Vatopedi Monastery by the Bank are researchers.
«I’m too discreet to the specific bank. Bank have to discredit their actions as managers of the Bank. Debt on our awareness of our responsibility in the validity of the bank, thousands of employees and shareholders, is in collaboration with relevant state institutions and supervisory authorities to protect the rights and interests’ between states including a statement of MP, announcing that all members of Proanakritikis Commission, condemned the initiative MARFIN EGNATIA BANK.
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22-7-2010
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