Greece’s top tax official resigned on Wednesday two days after Moody’s slashed the country’s credit rating, citing shortfalls in tax collection.
A government spokesman said that Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Secretary General at the Finance Ministry in charge of tax and customs issues, left his post.
The government tries to downplay the resignation stressing that the resignation wasn’t due to political or management reasons.
“He resigned for personal reasons,” government spokesman George Petalotis told Reuters, without elaborating.
Greek news portals claim that Georgakopoulos was forced to resign.
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