Kasselakis challenges Mitsotakis to allow accountants check party finances
Main opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to bring in an independent firm of chartered accountants to check the finances of both SYRIZA and ruling New Democracy for the past 10 years, in the latest row over shady political funding sources.
In a message on social media, Kasselakis described New Democracy as a “queen of black money” in the Greek political system.
He added that “my” SYRIZA would not accept black money, noting that if “the voters and officials of SYRIZA are willing to accept black money in order to avoid difficult but financially essential decisions, they must elect another leader.”
“I spoke to you with honesty about the difficult financial decisions that must be taken, at great emotional cost. How could they be avoided at this time? Only with black money. I made it clear: my SYRIZA will not accept black money,” Kasselakis said, adding that he was not prepared to “accept the underground way in which most parties in Greece operate.”
He called for an independent firm, such as Deloitte, to audit the accounts of both parties, with a lifting of any confidentiality clauses for suppliers and partners.
“I promised the citizens that I will break this rotten system, even if I must fall with it. Mr Mitsotakis, shall we?” he concluded. [AMNA]
