Parliament on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis so the New Democracy MP can clarify her involvement in a case regarding a controversial financial transaction made by her husband Isidoros Kouvelos, and did the same for leftist SYRIZA MP Dimitris Papadimoulis, who has been sued for slander by a porn star.
Bakoyannis had asked MPs to lift her immunity so “no doubts linger” in the case. Her husband faces felony charges over the deposit of 1 million dollars in a foreign bank account and is accused of not declaring the sum. Papadimoulis wanted his immunity lifted to defend himself against Julia Alexandratou, a porn actress who sued him after he accused her of “provocative tax evasion.”
Separately, the hearing for a lawsuit brought against Independent Greeks’ leader Panos Kammenos by the brother of ex-Premier George Papandreou, Andrikos, was put off until January. Kammenos claims Papandreou profited by buying credit default swaps to insure against a Greek default.
Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced on Thursday a new government initiative, to apply from January 2014, that will offer 75,000 new jobs for young people.
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