Former government secretary general Takis Baltakos gave a deposition to prosecutor Kalliopi Dagianda to testify about the circumstances under which the video was shot and leaked.

Evangelos Venizelos' reference to “far right pockets,” in New Democracy and his statements about how such phenomena should be inadmissible in the government was an obvious reference to close circles around the Prime Minister. The issue is problematic for PASOK and for many in New Democracy who do not like the idea that government cadres have a “hard right wing agenda.”

The son of former cabinet secretary general Panos Baltakos, coast guard frogman, Dimitris Baltakos, turned himself in, at Coast Guard headquarters, Friday morning.