Alekos Flambouraris

Once again the international media refer to the political developments in Greece with the German news agencies welcoming the new formation of Greek government, highlighting that there weren’t many changes in the new governmental scheme.

Re-elected Greek PM Alexis Tsipras was the recipient of various calls by international leaders on Monday in the wake of his party’s first-place showing on Sunday, with reports stating that in her phone call Angela Merkel referred to Greece’s monstrous unemployment rate and the refugee / migrant crisis.

Not for the first time this summer, Alexis Tsipras was found wanting. It was Monday’s pre-election debate, the last before Greeks go to the polls on Sunday, and his opponent speculated that the cameras had been positioned to give the former prime minister an extra inch of height.

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) deputy Alekos Flambouraris, accused of commissioning a 3.9-mln-euros public works contract to his own company, Diatmisi S.A., while MP is doing all he can to cast doubt on his links with the company and deflect Proto Thema’s revelations.

Former minister of state Alekos Flambouraris, one of SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras’ closest confidants, on Wednesday attempted to deflect revelations by Proto Thema showing he was the majority shareholder of a construction company that assumed a public sector contract while he was a Cabinet member.

Evangelos Meimarakis main opposition leader of conservative New Democracy party stated in an interview that left party SYRIZA leader, and former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras now had his own ‘Lagarde list’ (a Greek rendition of the ‘Falciani list’, which included names of high profile HSBC clients who allegedly used the bank to evade taxes and launder money), referring to the revelations that heavywe

SYRIZA heavyweight Alekos Flambouraris incited a political tempest following Proto Thema’s investigation into his business ventures.

In the face of revelations based on fact, published over the past few days as the product of journalistic investigation, the SYRIZA party has responded with a contemptible attack against “Proto Thema”.

The latest scent of political scandal comes only days before Sunday’s election, with former minister of state and long-time leftist cadre Alekos Flambouraris on Tuesday declaring that “every Greek citizen has the right to own shares in any company he wants” when faced with conflict of interest charges.

Former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras uses Lagarde list issue for his election campaign saying yesterday that no one should dare to put any obstacles to the efforts of justice to investigate the names of Lagarde list warning that anyone who would try to stop this effort “will have to do with SYRIZA and me personally”.