Committee to start examining merit of claims Novartis affair was fabricated

A special parliamentary committee that will be inquiring into the merit of claims of political interference in the Novartis bribery case is set to start choosing witnesses on Tuesday afternoon.
Specifically, the special investigative committee is seeking to assess allegations that the justice minister in the former SYRIZA administration sought to implicate political rivals in a probe into the Swiss pharmaceutical firm's practices in Greece.

Dimitris Papangelopoulos has been accused of influencing the investigation into claims by unidentified protected witnesses that 10 politicians - including two former prime ministers - accepted bribes from Novartis in exchange for preferential treatment. Most of the cases have already been consigned to the archive due to a lack of evidence.

A Supreme Court prosecutor has also been investigating the handling of the case to...