Tsochatzopoulos files lawsuit at the Human Rights Court
Tsochatzopoulos is cliaming his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty has been violated following allegedly incriminating statements by two conservative MPs
Former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos.
Lawyers representing former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos said on Wednesday that their client has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty has been violated following allegedly incriminating statements by two conservative MPs.
Earlier this month, parliament voted for the indictment of Tsochatzopoulos, who has been accused of accepting bribes in connection with the purchase of four German submarines by the Hellenic Navy a decade ago. Since then parliament's defence procurement committee has deepened a probe into the deal. Vassilis Heirdaris and Leonidas Kotsalis told a press conference that the former minister's appeal was not related to the essence of the case but to "certain misdemeanors".
They claim that two New Democracy deputies, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and Argyris Dinopoulos, allegedly made incriminating statements about the ex-minister before a parliamentary committee had issued its report, thereby "harming Tsochatzopoulos's right to be presumed innocent".
Source: Kathimerini
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