{"id":13963,"date":"2026-04-01T17:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/opposition-calls-for-any-cabinet-members-on-opekepe-list-to-be-sacked\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:31:57","slug":"opposition-calls-for-any-cabinet-members-on-opekepe-list-to-be-sacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/opposition-calls-for-any-cabinet-members-on-opekepe-list-to-be-sacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition calls for any cabinet members on OPEKEPE list to be sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1299829\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b95072c09dc355517e725711c187fac1_3336510-1-1-1-1-1-320x200.jpg?v=1775048633\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b95072c09dc355517e725711c187fac1_3336510-1-1-1-1-1.jpg?v=1775048633\" alt=\"Opposition calls for any cabinet members on OPEKEPE list to be sacked\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b95072c09dc355517e725711c187fac1_3336510-1-1-1-1-1-960x600.jpg?v=1775048634\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The main opposition Socialist PASOK party on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to dismiss any members of his conservative government might be among the lawmakers facing potential charges over a major farm subsidy scandal.<\/p>\n<p>PASOK\u2019s comments followed a request by the European Chief Prosecutor for Greece to lift the immunity of 11 lawmakers to allow an investigation into their role in the scandal that involved European Union subsidies paid through the now-defunct state OPEKEPE agency. The scandal has already sparked political resignations and drawn a hefty EU fine.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the 11 lawmakers have not been made public. But PASOK cited media reports that they include two current Cabinet ministers, two deputy ministers and a senior official in the governing New Democracy party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvided that is confirmed, Mr Mitsotakis has only one choice: To dismiss the ministers and deputy ministers,\u201d a party statement said. \u201cThe OPEKEPE scandal carries the broad signature of New Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1299829\/opposition-calls-for-any-cabinet-members-on-opekepe-list-to-be-sacked\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main opposition Socialist PASOK party on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to dismiss any members of his conservative government might be among the lawmakers facing potential charges over a major farm subsidy scandal. PASOK\u2019s comments followed a request by the European Chief Prosecutor for Greece to lift the immunity of 11 lawmakers to &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Opposition calls for any cabinet members on OPEKEPE list to be sacked\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/opposition-calls-for-any-cabinet-members-on-opekepe-list-to-be-sacked\/#more-13963\" aria-label=\"Read more about Opposition calls for any cabinet members on OPEKEPE list to be sacked\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b95072c09dc355517e725711c187fac1_3336510-1-1-1-1-1-960x600.jpg?v=1775048634","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}