BRUSSELS – ANSWER. The former vice-president of the European Parliament is likely to be under house arrest from today. Eva Kyliefollowing the unexpected decision by investigator Michel Clez to order her release under “electronic surveillance” on Wednesday, the day before a scheduled hearing before the pre-trial board in Brussels.

The hearing, in fact, took place yesterday morning formally, and in two months the MEP will again appear before the council, which will consider whether the conditions for her release are being met. According to the rationale for the decision of investigator Michel Clez, who available for “K”nothing has changed in the conditions of the MEP’s detention in prison.

“Evidence of innocence”

“He did not accept the advice and exhortations of various people to plead guilty. She did not agree to sign because she is innocent,” said M. Dimitrakopoulos.

For his part, her lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, in an interview with correspondents in Brussels, said that at present there are irrefutable facts in the case file that prove the innocence of Ms. Kailis and mainly relate to “improvised bundles of money that were found at her residence and were not found her fingerprints. For her lawyer, this is also the “strongest proof” of her innocence.

The 44-year-old politician was the latest in a corruption scandal that remained for about four months in Haren’s prisons and, according to Mr. Dimitrakopoulos, this is due to the Belgian procedural system, which, as he stressed, is based on the “law of confession.” “He came out recently because he did not accept the advice and exhortations of various people to admit his guilt. She did not agree to sign because she is innocent,” Mr. Dimitrakopoulos emphasized, while stating on behalf of his client that she is now ready to help investigator Michel Klez, as well as the federal prosecutor, with what she knows is how the investigation of the corruption scandal is still not completed.

Pending a trial that legal circles expect will be delayed, the next “battle” for Ms Kylie’s lawyers, Sven Marie and Michalis Dimitrakopoulos is to prove former MEP Pierre’s testimony is unreliable. — Antonio Panzeri regarding the Greek MEP. It is recalled that the alleged “instigator” of the corruption scandal under a cooperation agreement with the judiciary of January last year – in exchange for a reduced sentence – allegedly provided evidence of the guilt of Eva Kylie, and his information led to his arrest of Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella in February last year, as well as the Italian MEP Andrea Cazzolino. Yesterday, however, Pancheri was finally released from the Saint-Gilles prison in Brussels, a week after the relevant decision of the Belgian authorities.

It is recalled that Eva Kylie was arrested on December 9 on her own charges, accused of participating in a criminal organization, corruption, money laundering, while the case revealed a system of bribery with “large amounts of money” from countries such as Qatar. and Morocco, which was allegedly used to influence the relevant decisions of the European Parliament. The so-called Cathargate scandal dealt a big “blow” to the Eurogroup of Socialists, since the accused were former and current members of it. Meanwhile, the Italian authorities have not yet made a decision on the extradition of the Italian MEP Andrea Coccolino, as they request additional information before fulfilling the request of the Belgian justice.