Disciplinary investigation by the Interior Ministry over Konstantinou’s swearing-in at the Athens Municipality — “Ridiculousness allowed by Doukas,” says Georgiadis

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis revealed connected Friday greeting that the Interior Ministry has launched a disciplinary probe into the swearing-in of Petros Konstantinou arsenic a municipal councilor successful the Municipality of Athens.

“The Interior Ministry and Mr. Livanios person initiated the due disciplinary investigations into this case. Whether helium volition suffer his presumption volition beryllium decided by the applicable authorities,” the curate said connected SKAI Radio.

He besides described the swearing-in ceremonial of the ANTARSYA councilor arsenic “a ridiculousness allowed by Doukas.” “Those who did not spell ballot for Bakoyannis successful the 2nd circular should deliberation astir it. The ridiculousness concerns the Municipality itself. It was besides an evident illegality due to the fact that helium did not recite the legally prescribed oath, and connected the papers helium signed helium stated that helium had. Therefore, determination is immoderate signifier of falsification,” Georgiadis concluded.

Konstantinou’s Swearing-In

Although the oath Petros Konstantinou was expected to instrumentality during his swearing-in ceremonial arsenic a municipal councilor of the Municipality of Athens — since ANTARSYA rotates its azygous spot connected the assembly — was:

“I declare, invoking my grant and conscience, that I volition beryllium loyal to Greece, obey the Constitution and the laws, and faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties,”

Petros Konstantinou alternatively work his ain version, prompting the Health Minister to picture the scenes successful a station connected X arsenic “outrageous” and an embarrassment to the process, with “nonsense alternatively of the oath to the Constitution and the laws of the Hellenic Republic.”

“He has perfectly nary spot determination until helium takes the legally prescribed oath,” Adonis Georgiadis had written.

Specifically, Petros Konstantinou work the pursuing statement:

“I state connected my grant and conscience that I volition combat for the defence of the interests of workers, some locals and migrants, for the overthrow of the barbaric onslaught of the government-capital-EU and imperialism. So that our lives travel earlier their profits! To enactment an extremity to wars and the genocide successful Gaza. To punish the murderers successful Tempi, Pylos, and Violanta. For state successful Palestine and internationalist solidarity supra borders. For a nine nether workers’ control, escaped from capitalist barbarism and exploitation, poorness and oppression, with implicit separation of Church and State. For a nine without favoritism based connected race, gender, nation, oregon religion. Eighty-two years aft the liberation of Athens from Nazi occupation, honoring the dormant of the Resistance, the 200 executed successful Kaisariani, honoring Pavlos Fyssas, Shehzad Luqman, and Alexis Grigoropoulos, I volition combat for a metropolis aligned with societal needs and the environment, with democracy, freedom, solidarity, without racism and neo-Nazis.”

According to the municipal faction “Anatreptiki Symmachia gia tin Athina” (“Overthrow Alliance for Athens”), those contiguous astatine the swearing-in included:

• Kostas Papadakis, caput of the faction and campaigner for Mayor of Athens, subordinate of the Athens Bar Association board;
• Javed Aslam, whose asylum presumption — pursuing what they described arsenic an unfastened involution by Thanos Plevris — volition beryllium reviewed by a committee connected May 15;
• migrant pistillate schoolhouse cleaners employed by the Municipality of Athens;
• and Khalit, described arsenic a Palestinian activist.