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Greece’s parliamentary speaker said that he would activity criminal charges against a lawmaker who allegedly punched a workfellow during a statement connected Wednesday.
The personnel of parliament, who hasn't been named, was suspended for 15 days aft nan fight, which occurred conscionable extracurricular nan statement enclosure and was witnessed by respective colleagues.
"We tin indict nan perpetrator of this vile and barbaric attack, to complaint him pinch a felony nether a fast-track procedure," Speaker Constantine Tassoulas said.
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"Parliamentary immunity applies to misdemeanors, but not felonies," he said, adding that he had instructed parliament’s police department to escort nan lawmaker to prosecuting authorities.
Greece's parliamentary speaker, Constantine Tassoulas, will activity criminal charges against a Greek lawmaker aft he allegedly started a brawl pinch a workfellow during a debate. ( Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Separately, Greece’s Supreme Court later Wednesday excluded nan mini far-right Spartans from a database of governmental parties that fulfil nan requirements to section candidates successful nan European Parliament predetermination successful June.
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The tribunal did not instantly explicate nan reasons why nan statement was near disconnected nan list. The determination followed a petition by 3 governmental parties to exclude nan Spartans for alleged ties to nan extreme-right Golden Dawn party, whose starring members were jailed successful 2020 aft being convicted of belonging to a criminal organization.
