ND-PASOK feud over ND official involved in farm fraud

A caller quality emerged Tuesday betwixt the ruling blimpish New Democracy enactment and socialist PASOK implicit the governmental ties of Popi Semertzidou, whose assets were frozen by the Anti-Money Laundering Authority successful transportation with irregular subsidies from the cultivation payments bureau OPEKEPE.

PASOK criticized the government, saying successful a statement that it took “two months and dozens of half-truths” for authorities spokesman Pavlos Marinakis to admit Semertzidou’s past affiliation with New Democracy.

Marinakis, speaking to ANT1 TV, confirmed that Semertzidou had been a New Democracy campaigner successful 2019 but stressed she was not included successful the party’s 2023 ballots. He did not clarify her existent rank status.

New Democracy property typical Alexandra Sdoukou told Alpha radio, aboriginal connected Tuesday, that Semertzidou’s rank was suspended connected August 5, emphasizing that the enactment acted instantly aft the allegations surfaced.