MPs to debate ND proposal for probe into ex-minister

A proposal by ruling New Democracy for the creation of a special parliamentary committee to investigate possible crimes committed by former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos in connection with the Novartis investigation is to be debated by Parliament's plenary session on Tuesday.
The debate, which is not expected to be addressed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is to culminate in a vote on the proposal - most likely after midnight - which requires a simple majority of 151 to pass and thus is expected to be approved easily with the backing of government MPs.
According to sources, MPs will be asked to vote "yes" or "no" in a ballot listing the alleged crimes by Papangelopoulos, who is accused of having intervened in the judicial inquiry into a bribery case involving the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis with the aim of incriminating political rivals...