Bid to by-pass parliamentary inquiry stokes Tempe controversy

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Mitsotakis, New Democracy, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

The government’s handling of the Tempe issue is generating further acrimony as several opposition parties walked out in protest on Thursday at New Democracy’s intention to support the request of former deputy minister Christos Triantopoulos to by-pass a preliminary inquiry overseen by MPs and head straight to a judicial process.

Triantopoulous caught the opposition parties by surprise this week when he requested that he go directly to a special court, which would investigate his role in the clean-up operation following the deadly train accident at Tempe. According to the consti...

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