Aristides Andrikopoulos

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) is on Friday appointed Michalis Karamanlakis as the new chief of the Greek Police (ELAS) following a meeting at the Maximos Mansion.

Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis confirmed the resignation of Greek Police (ELAS) chief Aristides Andrikopoulos Wednesday, stressing that appointments in the force will be based purely on merit.
Andrikopoulos had sparked controversy after he was seen at a pre-election rally organized by leftist SYRIZA in late May.

Greece's new Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has confirmed the resignation of Greek Police (ELAS) chief Aristides Andrikopoulos.
Andrikopoulos had sparked controversy after he was seen attending a pre-election rally organized by SYRIZA late May.

Fresh footage from last Friday's SYRIZA pre-election rally at Athens' Syntagma Square published on Tuesday shows that apart from the chief of the Greek Police (ELAS), the head of the Coast Guard, Stamatis Raptis, also attended the gathering.

The chief of the Greek Police (ELAS) may face disciplinary action after he was seen attending a pre-election rally organized by governing SYRIZA last Friday at Athens' central Syntagma Square.

Two classified documents sent by Parliament's security service to the leadership of the Greek Police (ELAS) last week, and seen by Kathimerini, appealed for improved policing outside the House, which was targeted by anarchist vandals who threw bottles of red paint at its facade on Tuesday.

The chief of the Greek Police (ELAS), Lieutenant General Aristides Andrikopoulos, ordered on Tuesday an internal investigation into a journalist's claims that he was verbally and physically attacked by riot police officers during a protest against the Macedonia name deal in Thessaloniki on Saturday.