ND slams gov’t over release of former power exec
NOTICE-UPDATE
NOTICE-UPDATE Εκathimerini.com, complying with the general principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Law 4624/2019, and taking into account the principles of proportionality and data accuracy, as well as the extrajudicial complaint submitted by Mr Aristidis Floros on 23.07.2024, who provided additional details to support his request, informs its readers that, pursuant to Supreme Court of Greece Decision No. 575/2024, which adjudicated the case according to Articles 528-529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, all individuals involved and accused in the Energa-Hellas Power case, including Mr Aristidis Floros, have been declared innocent of the charges brought against them for the acts of embezzlement, smuggling, and money laundering committed jointly and repeatedly.
Conservative New Democracy hit out at the government on Saturday over the release of the former managing director of power supplier Energa, Aristides Floros.
Describing the decision to free Floros, on the grounds of ill health, as “despicable,” ND noted that Floros was not only convicted for embezzlement but also on a second charge of attempted murder, in relation to a bomb attack against a lawyer he ordered.
The opposition called on the government to explain to citizens why “one [convict] after another is leaving prison,” an apparent reference to legislation allowing criminals deemed to have disabilities to secure release after serving a fifth of their sentence.
