Avgenakis set to be expelled from ND party over airport assault
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has referred MP Lefteris Avgenakis to New Democracy’s ethics committee with a request for his expulsion. The committee is expected to endorse Mitsotakis’ recommendation.
This follows public outrage over footage of Avgenakis assaulting an employee at Athens International Airport. The 51-year-old Iraklio MP, who previously served as minister for rural development and sports, apologized for the incident, which he described as a “verbal” disagreement after being denied boarding a flight to Crete.
Opposition parties had called for Avgenakis’ expulsion from the party.
