ND accuses gov't of 'omerta' over clash Kotzias-Kammenos clash, seeks probe

Conservative New Democracy has asked Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou to investigate claims that Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said certain ministers have been funded by Hungarian-American billionaire financier George Soros. 

ND accused the government of an "omerta" after after ruling officials sought to play down a clash between then Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Kammenos which came to a head at a cabinet meeting last week that prompted the former to resign.

ND has forwarded to Dimitriou the video from a Kriti TV interview with Kotzias on Wednesday referring to Kammenos's alleged claims during the cabinet meeting.

The conservatives also want light shed on Kotzias's nine-page resignation letter which Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has refused to make public. Kammenos vehemently denied Kotzias's claim.

"It is false and the proof of this is the...

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