ALITHIA: “Presidential relations”. The opposition daily was adamant yesterday that the Presidential Palace clearly intervened so that the Electricity Authority (EAC) would continue its co-operation with Suphire. Despite the government spokesman’s attempt to deny the report, it was confirmed by members of the board who claimed they twice received interventions from circles of the Presidential Palace.
HARAVGHI: “Traffickers lay in wait”. Reporting on the death of an 18-year-old mother of two from drug overdose the daily quoted her brother who charged that drug traffickers waited outside the rehabilitation centre to provide his sister with drugs. State pathologist Panicos Stavrianos took shots at the welfare office, accusing them of not supervising the girl properly. In the two days before her death, there was no contact with her at the hotel she was staying at the expense of the welfare officer, Stavrianos said.
SIMERINI: “Cry of despair”. The daily too led on Tuesday’s drugs overdose death of the teenage mother. It commented that her 26-year-old husband died from drugs overdose too, just after he was released from jail a few months ago. He had been clean for six months before his death. The daily noted that their end showed that the help offered to them was not enough and the state and society failed to prevent the drug scourge while there was time.
Machi: “Forest industries burnt by Suphire”. Commenting on the Suphire scandal, Machi said the developments were taking the form of an avalanche. After the Electricity Authority, the general manager of the Forest Industries Petros Vrahimis filed a complaint with the police and the securities and exchange committee against Suphire.
POLITIS: “Something wrong at the police headquarters”. The daily yesterday suggested that something fishy was going at the police headquarters. While a high-ranking officer assured them that the director of Suphire was being questioned for many hours on Tuesday, the next day the police denied such thing happening. Politis suggested that much of the information and reports leaked from the police was misleading and questions were also raised concerning the delays in taking statements from important witnesses.
PHILELEFTHEROS: “Assets frozen”. Under that headline the daily said the financial fraud department was taking over the investigation into the Suphire scandal while it was expected that the legal service would ask for a freeze on the company’s assets and that of its director Yiannis Andronikou. Phileleftheros suggested that efforts were underway to put a lid on the case and political circles seemed to be involved one way or another.
