ND accusation: Minister withdraws savings before referendum

Avgenakis pointed to a report posted on the website notioanatolika.gr

The report claims that the unnamed minister – who is not elected from Irakleio but retains a bank account in a National Bank branch in the specific city — telephoned the bank branch’s manager and asked him to “release” the amount from the fixed-term savings account. He then requested that the cash be transported in a folder to the home of a relative of his.

The same report claims that the minister spoke with the bank manager on June 25, a day before the Greek prime minister’s televised announcement of a referendum and three days before capital controls were imposed on a Sunday afternoon.

Avgenakis also called on the government to publicize whatever bank transactions made by Cabinet members and all of Parliament’s MPs in the days before capital controls were placed.