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Friday, December 19, 2014

Greek presidential elections hit by new bribery allegations

Independent Greeks party MP, Pavlos Haikalis, alleges offer of lucrative inducement to support ruling coalition’s candidateGreece’s presidential election descended into accusations of skulduggery on Friday as an opposition MP lobbed claims of attempted bribery at the government.With just four days to go before a second round of voting in the 300-seat chamber, Pavlos Haikalis, who represents the small, rightwing Independent Greeks party, said he had been approached by a middleman offering him a multimillion-euro inducement to support the ruling coalition’s candidate for the post. Continue reading...


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