Against the request for lifting the immunity of its 14 Members New Democracy who participated in the Triantopoulos pre -trial voted by the majority of Parliamentary committee at a meeting held on Tuesday morning.
New Democracy voted in favor of rejection of the request. PASOK, SYRIZA, the KKE and the New Left declared “present”, while the Greek solution, NIKI and the Freedom Cruise voted.
It should be noted that this is the first time that immunity has been requested for acts solely related to parliamentary duties.
Her decision Ethics committee It has a rapporteur rather than binding nature, while final decisions will be made next week from the Plenary session.
The Request for the removal of parliamentary immunity was submitted after KAS’s 10-4-2025 reports Maria Karystianou, for the alleged criminal offenses (Article 259 of the Criminal Code), (b) the abuse of power (Article 239 of the Criminal Code) and (c) the ultimate betrayal (Article 134 of the Criminal Code), because of the fact that the MPs were subjected to. Criminal prosecution against Christos Triantopoulos. “
The 14 Members are:
1. Panagis Kappatos,
2. Maria Antoniou,
3. George Brettakos,
4. Angeliki Delikari,
5. Athanasios Zebilis,
6. Konstantina Karampatsolis,
7. Maria-Alexandra Kefala,
8. Konstantinos Kefalogiannis,
9. Neocles Cretan,
10. Pericles Mandas,
11. Alexandros Markogiannakis,
12. Thomaida (Gina) Economou,
13. Stavros Papasotiriou,
14. Silver Skondra.
According to information at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee George Georgandas He regretted the opposition stance saying that the committee did not stand up to the circumstances. He argued that when his predecessors had reached similar demands, regardless of the majorities coming and going had a clear position and attitude to protect the MP. “We did not serve this today,” Mr Georgantas allegedly said.