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OPEKEPE inquiry sparks new political clash as despondent public looks on
The parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal has been thrown into turmoil, with the government being accused by the opposition of ensuring that a key witness Giorgos Xylouris – a Cretan farmer and former New Democracy member nicknamed “Frappé” - will not testify.
His refusal to appear was met not with a forced summons, as opposition parties demanded, but with a referral to the prosecutor on charges of disobedience. Critics argue this manoeuvre effectively sidelines him, since judicial proceedings will outlast th...
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