The Special Court on Tuesday acquitted George Papakonstantinou of felony charges of breach of faith and doctoring a document in the infamous Lagarde List scandal. In a majority ruling, the panel of 13 judges found him guilty of doctoring a document but reduced the count to a misdemeanor. He faces a maximum five-year sentence but will not spend time in jail as the offense can be suspended or converted to a fine.
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Greece's Special Court is expected to rule on the case of former Minister of Finance George Papakonstantinou. The latter has been facing a trial in relation to the scandalous Lagarde list. He is facing two charges (attempted breach of faith and tampering with an official State document).
The Lagarde list is an electronic file that was sent to the Greek finance ministry by French authorities several years ago, containing the names of wealthy Greeks with sizable deposits in the Geneva-based branch of HSBC. It was received when Papakonstantinou was finance minister, under the George Papandreou government.
The prosecution has already proposed a guilty verdict. Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou argued that Papakonstantinou must be found guilty of both charges and has expressed the hope that the decision helps to improve the State and its administration.
Dimitriou believes that Papakonstantinou had a key motive in erasing the names of his relatives from the infamous list (to their benefit), while at the same time protect himself by appearing to not be involved in the case.
It should be noted that Papakonstantinou is not protected by the statue of limitations, which dictates that offenses allegedly committed by ex-ministers expire if two parliaments have sat since the offense.
Papakonstantinou, who undoubtedly has enormous responsibilities in this scandalous case, simply reminds us of how corrupt and distraught the whole political system in Greece actually is.
HellasFrappe also firmly believes that this very same "system" has manipulated the financial crisis so as to acquit people like George Papandreou, and EU puppet Evangelos Venizelos. Little do they realize that there never is a perfect crime. Once you do the crime, sooner or later you will have to pay the time!
In any case, George Papakonstantinou is the first politician after the late Andreas Papandreou, Menio Koutsogiorga, Dimitri Tsovola, Panagiotis Roumeliotis and George Petsos who not only faced the Special Court but could also be sent to jail.
*Editor's Note - The PASOK party and three decades of proven scandals... No the truth is not a technological breakdown in the "system" it is simply the the road to hell. - The song below is dedicated exclusively to the once mighty PASOK party that once again proved to us how utterly corrupt to the core it really is.-)
We suggest that you also read:
Falciani: Sarkozy "Blackmailed" Papandreou To Accept The Troika Because His Mother's Name is on Lagarde List
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2015/02/falciani-sarkozy-blackmailed-papandreou.html
Ta Nea Report Claims 86 entries missing from “Lagarde List”
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2015/02/ta-nea-report-claims-86-entries-missing.html
Supreme Court’s Judicial Council Refers Papakonstantinou to Special Court
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2014/12/supreme-courts-judicial-council-refers.html
Papandreou Offended For Being Included In Lagarde Scandal Probe
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/01/papandreou-offended-for-being-included.html
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