Leonidas Palaiodimos wrote that the case involving Papantonis had raised suspicions of targeting from the very beginning. He stated that the speed with which the state acted, combined with the financial and communicative power that Papantonis had gained, made him think that something was not right. He added that he personally did not like him, partly due to his public image. Palaiodimos mentioned that since the case broke out, he had spoken with several people who were directly aware of the issues at the Ark and that they all told him it was a conspiracy. As evidence, he cited children who, as he wrote, had said that they were made to lie against Papantonis. He believed that this was enough for a prosecutor to investigate who was behind the case. He also noted that dozens of people who had lived in the Ark described Papantonis as someone who had stood by them "like a Father." He noted that, until then, there had been convictions for specific acts of bodily harm, instigation to bodily harm, and threats against children. He wrote that there had been isolated incidents of physical violence as punishment, but argued that these did not correspond to the image presented by the media, in his view. He added that he did not justify violence, while noting that some children in the facilities had difficult pasts and behavioral problems. He concluded that, in his opinion, the scandal might involve those who possibly organized a conspiracy to take the Ark from Papantonis. #Παπαντώνης #Κιβωτός #πλεκτάνη (translated)
