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Chaikalis' supplementary testimony completed

Chaikalis' supplementary testimony completed

Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Pavlos Chaikalis' supplementary testimony on his alleged bribery to prosecutor Panos Panagiotopoulos was completed earlier on Sunday.

Chaikalis said to the prosecutor that Giorgos Apostolopoulos recorded his meetings with him in order to blackmail him if he did not vote for President of Republic and also asked civil lawsuit to the case.
According to Chaikalis' lawyer Elena Tzouli statements, on December 6 Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos, Chaikalis and herself agreed following a recommendation by the head of the Appeals prosecution Isidoros Doyiakos, to whom had filed the complaint for attempted bribery, not to reveal the name of the accused.

Tzouli said that Doyiakos recommended them not to say the name of the accused for protection of the secrecy of the case and to reveal the identity the day that he would give the cash to Chaikalis. Doyiakos knew the name of the accused from December 12, because Chaikalis gave his name to police in order to be arrested in flagrante delicto.
The lawyer claims that on December 15 she visited Doyiakos in his office in order to be briefed on the course of the investigation and he told her "we are waiting".

In their statements both Tzouli and Chaikalis wondered why Mr. Apostolopoulos who says that he recorded the discussions did not give the material to the police and to Mr. Kammenos? They also said that they asked to read Apostolopoulos' testimony to the prosecutor in order to file a lawsuit.

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 will decide if they will file a lawsuit against the prime minister's lawsuit.

Finally, Tzouli said that «police has not yet de-recorded the audiovisual material. It is currently underway. The prosecutor is conducting an investigation without the material. The investigation can't close before the lifting of telecommunications secrecy. It would be a coup d'etat".