Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-05-17
CONTENTS
[01] Golden Dawn dep. walks out of parliament; confusion arises over
nazi slogan attribution
[01] Golden Dawn dep. walks out of parliament; confusion arises over
nazi slogan attribution
ANA-MPA/ Ultra-right Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avghi) party members walked
out of Parliament on Wednesday after one of their deputies was expelled
from the session for his behaviour.
The argument began when Parliament's vice president Ioannis Dragasakis
initiated disciplinary action against Golden Dawn deputy Panagiotis
Iliopoulos for inappropriate behaviour during the parliamentary
session. Iliopoulos had used his floor time to launch a personal invective
against Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, of the
main opposition party, in reponse to a discussion tabled urgently by
the latter on the draft law on racism.
Iliopoulos then began an altercation with the vice president, who
requested that he step down from the podium. The latter also hurled
insults to other deputies, calling them "goats" and saying "sit down, you
will never defeat nationalism," among other things, before walking out.
Ultra-right Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avghi) party deputies followed Iliopoulos
and left from parliament. During their exit the phrase "Heil Hitler" was
heard and was initially attributed to a Golden Dawn's deputy by the media.
Later, in a press release, the party said that "the provocative
phrase 'Heil Hitler' was uttered by Zakynthos deputy of SYRIZA Stavros
Kontonis. We demand that the parrotheads of the system that linked Golden
Dawn with the phrase to recall it immediately, otherwise they will face
legal repercussions for spreading false information and for slandering."
There is confusion as to whether the shout was uttered by a Golden Dawn
party or an opposition member responding to the walkout. Parliament has
not clarified the issue yet.
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