List of 132 Names Released of Cyprus Elites and Companies Who Emptied Bank Deposits Ahead Of "Confiscation Day" for Commoners
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/31/2013 |
| Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, married to former Cypriot president George Vassiliou |
In a somewhat stunning (or purely coincidental) revelation, ENETEnglish reports that Cypriot newspaper Haravgi claims that current President Nicos Anastasiades' family businesses transferred 'dozens of millions' from their Laiki Bank accounts to London just a week before the devastating depositor haircuts were unleashed upon his people.
Vassiliou's father Vasos was a member of the central committee of AKEL, the Cypriot Communist party. He was a doctor by profession, and volunteered as a doctor on the side of the Communists in the Greek Civil War. The GR Reporter tells us more: The Former Cypriot President George Vassiliou participates in the executive body of the Trilateral Commission despite his communist past. He is a businessman, a former principal interlocutor of the European Union on Cyprus’ membership and the main interlocutor for resolving the Cyprus problem.
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| President Vassiliou with President George Buch at the White House, 1991 |
Of course, the denials are loud and Anastasiades As a reminder, as we noted yesterday, here are Cyprus' gun control laws.
has demanded an investigation into the claims; we are sure the government-selected 'independent' committee will be as thorough as the Libor anti-trust investigators.
Via EnetEnglish,
A company owned by in-laws of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades withdrew dozens of millions from Laiki Bank on March 12 and 13, according to an article published in Cypriot newspaper Haravgi.
President Nicos Anastasiades
The newspaper, which is affiliated to the communist-rooted AKEL party, reports that three days before the Eurogroup meeting the company took five promissory notes worth €21m from Laiki Bank and transferred the money to London.
Responding to the allegations, Anastasiades said: “The attempt to defame companies or people linked to my family… is nothing but an attempt to distract people from the liability of those who led the country to a state of bankruptcy.”
The president added that no one, including himself, will be exempt from the ongoing investigations looking into responsibilities over the near collapse of the economy.
Anastasiades added that when the investigative committee convenes on Tuesday, he will request that its members look into this particular case with the same attentiveness as all other cases.
The company in question has firmly denied the reports.
Last Friday a list of companies and politicians that had loans written off by banks at the heart of Cyprus' bailout crisis was published in Greece and was subsequently handed to the Cypriot parliament's ethics committee. The list includes the names of politicians from Cyprus' biggest parties (excluding the socialist EDEK and the Greens).
