According to the statement, the ND majority employed methods that undermine democratic procedure and effectively nullify the purpose of the inquiry. In particular, it accuses the majority of excluding crucial witnesses, including former general secretaries of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food during New Democracy’s term in government. These officials, the New Left argues, held key institutional roles and had direct knowledge of the decisions and manipulations that led to the scandal.
At the same time, the New Left claims that the ND majority imposed the summoning of a predecessor, Mr Kasimis, in an attempt to shift responsibility onto the past and divert attention away from its own political accountability.
“The Investigative Committee cannot function as a laundromat for responsibilities, nor as a tool of partisan expediency,” the statement stresses.
The New Left emphasises that society is demanding transparency, accountability and a full investigation of the OPEKEPE affair, without exclusions and without predefined limits. It concludes by pledging to continue pressing for the entire truth to come to light, for all critical witnesses to be heard, and for responsibility to be assigned wherever it belongs.
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