Bombshell in Greek politics: Opposition party claims MPs were offered bribes to vote for new president

Bombshell in Greek politics: Opposition party claims MPs were offered bribes to vote for new president
Panos Kammenos the leader of the right-wing Independent Greeks party (ANEL) claimed that  governing New Democracy attempted to bribe an MP of his party in order to secure her vote for the election of a new President of the Hellenic Republic.
In a television interview Kammenos said that three months ago a member of new Democracy approached the MP offering three million euros to secure their vote.
The Greek Parliament is set to vote for a new President of the Republic in March and the governing coalition is struggling to amass at least 180 votes needed to elect a president and avoid snap elections.
ANEL MP Stavroula Xoulidou (photo) confirmed that she was the person approached by New Democracy.

In a television interview she said that she received a phone call from a member of the governing party and was offered a bribe that «would have solved my economic problems for life».
Xoulidou claimed that she was offered a bribe in the region of two to three million euros.
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