Supreme Court Prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani ordered a preliminary investigation into mayors allegedly refusing the checking of public sector employees’ certificates whose contracts have been changed from fixed-term to indefinite term.

More specifically, the prosecutor ordered a preliminary criminal investigation to find out if these mayors have committed the offenses of breach of trust and misconduct.

Koutzamani gave the corresponding files sent last week by the Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the heads of the prosecution authorities of Athens, Piraeus, Patras and Larissa concerning the following mayors:

Patras Mayor Kostas Peletidis, Chalandri Mayor Simos Roussos, Larissa Mayor Apostolos Kalogiannis, Nice-Redi Mayor Giorgos Ioakeimidis and Zografos Mayor Tina Kafatsaki.