The explicit assurance that the government has already initiated the process and has contacted the relevant U.S. authorities, seeking details regarding the Novartis case, so that lawsuits can be filed and that the Greek government be compensated, delivered from the floor of Parliament, the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras.
«We have contacted the U.S. authorities to request information. Based on the information we receive from the U.S. judicial system, the National Security Council will recommend to the Greek government the next steps we should take.”. »We will do what SYRIZA failed to do for so many years.", Mr. Staikouras pointed out, responding to the SYRIZA lawmaker, Panagiotis Kouroumblis, who had raised the issue earlier.
Both Mr. Kouroumblis and the SYRIZA member of parliament who is the rapporteur for the bill on the National Council of the Judiciary, Sultana Eleftheriadou, accused the government of causing unjustified delays, while at the same time the State Legal Council has established the legal framework for filing lawsuits on behalf of the Greek government.
«The document from the Legal Council was submitted on July 26, 2021, and registered on July 30, 2021. »Not only have we initiated the process, but we are faithfully following the steps outlined by the State Legal Council. We are doing what SYRIZA never did,” replied Mr. Staikouras.
It should be noted that the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in 2018, as leader of the Official Opposition, he had accused the SYRIZA government of «through its actions, it is covering up the Greek aspect of an indisputable economic scandal with international implications.».
