Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) deputy and former minister Alekos Flambouraris, accused of owning the majority of shares in a construction company that received a 3.9-mln-euros public works contract while he was a Cabinet member, continued dodging the questions related to Proto Thema’s revelations. The public sector contract that bears his name as major shareholder was signed on May 20, 2015 while he was still an out-of-Parliament minister of state on Alexis Tsipras’ Cabinet.
The outcry that followed was swept aside by the SYRIZA heavyweight in an announcement that denounces what he calls a slanderous attack against him.
His written statement on Wednesday warns of his intent to take the matter to court if the Proto Thema persists in its accusations.
He pointed out that he ceased to be a member of the board of the construction company he founded after he was appointed a minister in Alexis Tsipras’ cabinet. He resigned on January 26 following the success of his party in the elections, claiming he sold his shares the … same and filed for a pension, despite the fact that his name was on the public works contract on behalf of the construction company signed on May 20.
He states:
“The unethical attack against me on Tuesday by the electronic and print media is politically motivated and slanderous, aiming at my political and personal downfall and to tear down the indisputable moral advantage of the left and SYRIZA so as to launder four decades of corruption and graft by the bankrupt political system.”
He supplied nine documents in Greek to highlight his case. The private contract supposedly transferred the shares to his close colleague Yiannis Kottaridis and placed his son Michalis Flambouraris Retsina as VP.
The contract was witnessed by a police officer on duty at the time it was presented for a stamp and was not submitted to the tax bureau or affirmed by a notary. For this reason, doubt is cast on its legality.
Furthermore, the share register that shows the supposed transfer of shares raises more questions than it answers due to the fact that certain parts have been erased using liquid paper.
Documents submitted by Flambouraris:
