Magistrates investigating the activities of Golden Dawn to determine whether it constitutes a criminal organisation submitted a request to Parliament this week to lift the immunity of nine more MPs so that charges could be brought against them.
Should the Greek Parliament accept their request, all of the neo-fascist party’s 18 MPs, including its jailed leader Nikos Michaloliakos, would face charges.
The judges’ report, which was seen by the Greek daily Kathimerini, is based on 115 testimonies and evidence collected after a wave of house searches during a crackdown on the organisation prompted by the murder of anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssas by a Golden Dawn supporter last September. The report portrays Golden Dawn as a vertically structured organisation that operates along military lines and which is inspired by the ideals of national socialism with clear references to Hitler and Nazism.
The news sparked a fiery response from Golden Dawn MPs on Thursday. Speaking in Parliament, the party’s parliamentary spokesman called the country’s New Democracy-PASOK government a “junta” and attacked the media and the judges investigating the party.
Earlier, several Golden Dawn MPs, including party spokesman Kasidiaris, verbally abused members of New Democracy and PASOK inside the corridors of the House.
Source: ekathimerini
