A majority of the Greek Parliament’s ethics committee voted on Tuesday to recommend that the plenary lift the parliamentary immunity of Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the opposition Course of Freedom party.
The case concerns a lawsuit filed against Konstantopoulou for alleged defamation by Achilleas Davelis, a businessman from the central Greek city of Volos.
According to sources reporting on the closed-door proceedings, only lawmakers from the ruling New Democracy party voted in favor. The opposition parties, including PASOK, SYRIZA, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Niki and Course of Freedom, voted against the proposal, while the Elliniki Lysi party abstained.
Konstantopoulou did not attend the committee hearing. In a letter to the committee’s chairman, George Georgantas, she accused the body of “highly abusive and repeatedly unlawful conduct” against her and called on lawmakers to abstain from the procedure.
“I was never informed about the meeting. To this day, I have not been provided with the minutes so that I can exercise my rights, despite requesting them since July 9, 2026,” Konstantopoulou said in her letter.
