SYRIZA MEP Stelios Kuloglou referred to a request by the Belgian authorities to lift the immunity of MEP Alexis Georgoulis following a complaint against him for harassment, as well as his expulsion from SYRIZA.

“There were rumors and for that reason Mr. Georgoulis was duly called to account if there was anything, and he vehemently denied it, saying that there is no cause for concern,” Mr. Kuloglu told ANT1.

Subsequently, the MEP specified that Alexis Georgoulis was called by the head of the Eurogroup SYRIZA, Mr. Papadimoulis, when these rumors existed, and he denied them.

Except SYRIZA

Yesterday, a member of the European Parliament was expelled from SYRIZA “until his case is clarified.”

“Member of Parliament Alexis Georgoulis is being excluded from the Eurogroup SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in connection with the information we received today about the complaint against him and in view of the need to fully clarify the relevant case,” the corresponding statement reads, in which he refers to “clearly false and a complaint about slander.”

“Unfortunately, we live in difficult and dangerous times. Much to my surprise, I am informed that a deliberately false and defamatory complaint has been filed against me regarding an incident allegedly occurring three years ago.

In the face of this false and insulting attack, which is being carried out – probably not accidentally – a few days before the national elections, I intend to carry on my fight for justice, for the truth and the restoration of my name, demanding the removal of my immunity as an MEP,” the statement said. .

“Resigned or fired?”

Questions about his case Alexis Georgoulis puts the New Democracy with its announcement.

“Member of the European Parliament from SYRIZA Al. Georgoulis in his ad states that he has retired Eurogroup and a member of SYRIZA after a request to have his immunity lifted. SYRIZA declares in its statement that was expelled from the party after the information they have today about the complaint against him. What exactly is he complaining about? Did this happen for the first time today? characteristically reports ND.

“Mr. Georgoulis resigned as he says, or was he fired as SYRIZA says?” he adds.

“Since, obviously, the reasons pushing the MEP out of the party are extremely serious, citizens are waiting for answers from SYRIZA,” concludes the ruling party.

PASOK: “The case concerns criminal offenses”

“The case in which the immunity of the SYRIZA-PS MEP Alexis Georgoulis was requested concerns serious criminal offenses and as such should be dealt with first and foremost by a person controlled by the judiciary,” the PASOK Movement emphasizes in its commentary. Change for the Georgoulis case. He even adds that “no one else gave political ramifications except himself.”

PASOK-KINAL, in its commentary, notes that the request for lifting Mr. Georgoulis’s immunity is the result of an investigation by the Belgian authorities on a complaint filed in 2020.

“The procedures followed by the Belgian authorities are within their own competence and are not “dictated” by third parties, as some supposed libertarians suggest,” he notes.

He is highly critical of SYRIZA officials, noting, “but there is indeed a political dimension that we point to: shame on the leadership of SYRIZAwho otherwise call themselves defenders of human rights, leak names without respecting criminal precedent. Even in this tragic event, their small partisan interest is of great value.”

PASOK-KINAL, in its commentary, emphasizes that “everyone must show the same diligence and seriousness with which the victim has been conducting the case for so long, strictly observing the secrecy of the process.”