MEP calls for suspension of OLAF director-general

The rapporteur for OLAF Regulation, Inge Gräßle, from the EPP, has called on the European Commission responsible for anti-fraud  Algirdas Semeta to pull the emergency brake and suspend OLAF director-general Giovanni Kessler. Dr Gräßle said: "If it is true that the investigator took a witness for an hour-long lunch, drinking wine, too much of it according to her statement, then forcing her to sign the minutes while refusing corrections, making derogatory remarks about the person examined, and showing prejudices against that person and a country, then this demonstrates serious professional and ethical misconduct. “Showing bias and trying to find non-existent proof makes a mockery of OLAF and seriously damages the reputation of the European Union. What was the order issued to Kessler? This question is moving more and more into the spotlight," Dr Gräßle said. Dr Gräßle again demanded that the President of the European Parliament grants access to the report of the supervisory committee that shows “the failings and the amateurish investigation” by the director general in the John Dalli case.