The plenary session of Parliament decided to lift the immunity of Zoe Konstantopoulou for two matters. On the contrary, it was decided not to lift the immunity of Lefteris Avgenakis and Makarios Lazaridis.
Specifically, 191 (in the first case) and 190 (in the second) MPs voted in favor of lifting the immunity of the President of Course of Freedom, out of a total of 275 MPs.
As for Lefteris Avgenakis, 151 MPs voted against lifting his immunity and 122 in favor, out of a total of 273 MPs.
Regarding Makarios Lazaridis, 151 MPs voted against lifting his immunity, 121 voted in favor and there was also one present, out of a total of 273 MPs.
The government majority voted according to conscience on lifting the immunity of its two MPs, although a few days earlier in Parliament’s Ethics Committee it had given them a negative vote (no lifting of immunity).
The argument then was that it considered the accusations against them “political”, even though in Mr. Avgenakis’s case the matter concerns a lawsuit by Stefanos Kasselakis over his declaration of assets, while in Mr. Lazaridis’s case the complaint is due to the well-known case involving his degree.
Both MPs had then requested that their immunity not be lifted, while ahead of the vote in the plenary session attention was focused on any possible leaks from ND MPs.
Under this fear, obviously, the “blue line” was today turned into a vote according to conscience.
The vote in the plenary session concerning Zoe Konstantopoulou related to her behavior at the Tempi trial. The lifting of her immunity had also been approved by the Parliament’s Ethics Committee.