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New Democracy MP's Wife, Brother Arrested

Giakoumatos_wifeThe wife and brother of New Democracy MP Gerasimos Giakoumatos have been arrested on suspicion of tax offenses, according to reports.
Dimitris Giakoumatos and Eleni Theodorou were arrested in connection to the family business, a retirement home in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychico.
The lawmaker’s brother is the Managing Director, while his wife is the home’s President. It was not reported how much money was involved or whether there was any link to the lawmaker.
Greece ‘s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, has vowed to take swift action against any public official tied to corruption, tax evasion or wrongdoing. There was no immediate response from his office.
Samaras also ignored calls for him to discipline or eject another of his party’s lawmakers, Dimitris Christoyiannis, who described the brutal dictatorship of military Colonels from 1967-74, in which people were beaten, tortured, killed and imprisoned, as a “revolultion” he said was nothing like today’s threats of terrorism in the country.
The MP made the comment during a TV panel discussion, after being confronted by a lawmaker from the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party who argued that New Democracy accusing SYRIZA of having members who are sympathetic toward terrorism was the same as some New Democracy members looking on the military dictatorship fondly.
“You cannot place the junta sympathizer in the same bracket as the terrorist,” Christoyiannis said. “It is not the same thing. At the time the junta was a revolution.”
SYRIZA called on the conservatives to oust the lawmaker to prove that they did not agree with his view. PASOK, which is Samaras’ coalition partner, called his remarks “unacceptable and hair-raising” and called for him to be disciplined but they were ignored too.

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