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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-08-19
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[01] Markoyiannakis expelled from ND Parliamentary group
[01] Markoyiannakis expelled from ND Parliamentary group
(ANA-MPA) -- Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis
Samaras on Wednesday expelled Hania-district deputy and former minister
Christos Markoyiannnakis from ND's Parliamentary group.
Samaras, in a letter addressed to Parliament President Filippos
Petsalnikos, announced the Cretan MP's ouster from the ND Parliamentary
group.
Additionally, according to reports, Samaras will refer Markoyiannakis
to the party's ethics committee on the issue of the latter's complete
expulsion from the party.
The reason for the censure were statements by Markoyiannakis several
days ago, in which he left open the possibility of running an
independent in the Crete regional director election (a new post), in
opposition to ND's apparent preference for Yiannis Plakiotakis.
Markoyiannakis also criticised Plakiotakis.
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