Former Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, deny the information circulating about her as of this morning, following her confession before Qatargate judges that she claimed to have known about the suitcases full of money in her Brussels apartment. «He has never admitted that he asked his father to wire the money to hide it» says his lawyer, as both the Belgian newspaper Le Soir and la Repubblica wrote this morning. To quote the lawyer’s words Michalis Dimitrakopoulos is the Greek news site Kathimerini. «Kaili found out about the money at the last minute and has immediately asked to be returned to the owner, Mr. Panzeri », continues the statement of the lawyer. Kaili said she was made aware of the suitcases full of cash when her husband Francesco Giorgi was arrested near their home and Dimitrakopoulos claims she was trying at the time Contact Antonio Panzeri to get it for him. One option was to turn her partner over to the police, another to return the money to the owner. Kaili is not obliged under European law to sue her husband, the lawyer said. Finally, the lawyer repeated this his client denies any involvement in the affairstating the following: All his qualities are justified by his salaries.
The confession
Eva Kaili confessed before the judge Michael Klaise he said: «I knew about Mr. Panzeri’s activities. And I knew there were suitcases full of money in my house.” And “he tried to warn Panzeri and two MPs involved in the investigation”. For this against him the public prosecutor Brussels decided to arrest. there flagrant delicto and the try to falsify the evidence there were two crucial acts.
the disputes
According to the newspaper, Kaili is also controversial “being intervened to defend the interests of Qatarafter a meeting with the Labor Minister» of the Government of doha. Exactly what Panzeri said. that the “he would give orders», according to the indictment, «by her husband». “Eva mustn’t speak Dutch!” Panzeri said to Giorgi, for example, “tell her to stop.” The judges decided to arrest him. Given the behavior, they write, “which has done serious damage to security”: the system of corruption put in place by Panzeri and Giorgi “would do some damage to the balance of democracy”. his lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos the public prosecutor pointed out that Kaili e George have a child under the age of two. This week he stayed at home with his grandmother. “The money that was found at home did not belong to her but to her husband,” the lawyer said. She also noted that Kaili spoke about how they were with her husband buying an apartment and that he was “unofficially” involved in the repayment of the loan, confirming the fact Watch out for “extraordinary” income.
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