He asked him to hand over his seat to the European Parliament. Alexis Georgoulis SYRIZA.

Spokesman for the official opposition party, Popi Tsapanidou, told Mega TV today: “We have asked Mr. Georgoulis to give up his seat and we are awaiting his response.”

She said she was “in shock”: “It’s not only unpleasant, it’s shocking, it shocked all of us, especially the women. The story starts a little earlier. Yesterday it became known what exactly happened, and after 15 minutes he was removed from SYRIZA and from parliament. Reflexes are not taken for granted, but for us it was taken for granted. We don’t play with women and their rights”

Complaint to the Belgian authorities about “serious criminal offences” against an MEP SYRIZAwas reportedly made three years ago, in 2020, initially anonymously.

The name of the alleged perpetrator was revealed almost two months later and after the complainant saw MEP SYRIZA participating in the campaign against violence against women. In any event, according to the same information, the applicant applied to the Belgian authorities with a forensic report immediately after the incident.

Since then, the case has been under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General’s Office of Brussels, and in accordance with established procedures, preliminary investigations and investigations have already been carried out before a corresponding request was submitted to the Bureau of the European Parliament to lift the immunity of the Greek MEP.

Procedure for Waiver of Immunity

As provided for in the Rules of Procedure of Parliament (Article 6 and Article 9), a request to lift the immunity of a Member of the European Parliament is announced by the President of the European Parliament. at the plenary meeting and then submitted to the Legal Affairs Committee (LEC).

This is exactly what happened yesterday, when President of the European Parliament Roberta Metzola announced that she had received “a request from the competent Belgian authorities to lift the parliamentary immunity of Alexis Georgoulis”. The request is submitted to the Legal Commission of the Parliament in accordance with the established procedure.

Before making a recommendation to the whole Parliament to approve or reject the request, the Commission may request any information it deems necessary from the Public Prosecutor of Brussels.

According to the information, during the hearing in the relevant committee, the entire indictment will be heard for the first time, and the relevant MEP will have the opportunity to respond.