Former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Simitis welcomed the decision by anti money-laundering authorities to open his bank accounts, saying on Wednesday that he has “nothing to hide.”
Authorities have also requested the opening of bank accounts held by the ex-prime minister’s brother, Spyros Simitis, as well as by former public order minister Michalis Chrysochoidis and his deputy Vangelis Malesios.
Describing the allegations contained in the report published in Ta Nea daily Wednesday as “slanderous,” Simitis said he would respond to them after finding out “who is behind them.”
“History is not written by the transient holders of executive power,” he said.
The probe was launched following press reports regarding the deposition of a French citizen in 2006 which dealt with Greece’s upgrade of frigates for the Navy.
Simits served as Prime Minister of Greece and was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004.
He is regarded as the architect of Greece’s modernization drive in the 90’s. He is also credited by his supporters with overcoming chronic problems of the Greek economy and achieving the admittance of Greece into the Eurozone.
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