Ms. Elena Tzouli, wife of Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos and lawyer of ANEL MP Pavlos Chaikalis said to the press on Sunday that the Appeals Prosecution knew the name of Yorgos Apostolopoulos since December 6 and did nothing.

Ms. Tzouli accompanied Mr. Chaikalis today to the prosecutor’s office, where he was called to give a supplementary testimony in relation to the attempted bribery case.

According to Ms. Tzouli’s statements, on December 6, when the bribery complaint was first filed, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos and Chaikalis agreed not to reveal the name of the accused following a recommendation by the head of the Appeals prosecution Isidoros Doyiakos.

Mr. Tzouli and Mr. Chaikalis characterized as ludicrous Apostolopoulos story that he offered the money to the ANEL MP to prove to the party’s leader that he was weak and corrupted, noting that the accused never presented the recorded conversations neither to the police nor to Mr. Kammenos. They also said that they asked to read Apostolopoulos’ testimony to the prosecutor in order to file a lawsuit.

Mrs. Tzouli also asked the prosecution to lift the secrecy of communications so that Mr. Apostolopoulos’s phone conversations on the evening of December 12 could reveal who was behind the bribery attempt.

Referring to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ lawsuit, they wondered why Mr. Samaras chose to file a lawsuit against ‘the accuser and not the accused’. They also said that they are considering filing a counter-lawsuit against the prime minister.