Konstantinos Floros, who remains in custody since yesterday after the deadline he received from the investigator, is called to apologize for violence against a member of parliament during the exercise of his duties.
The serious incident, which resulted in the injury of Mr. Grammenos, activated, with the immediate intervention of the Speaker of the Parliament, Kostas Tassoulas, the automatic procedure for committing a felony and thus the independent member of parliament was arrested immediately after his act.
What does the law provide?
According to the first paragraph of article 157 of the Criminal Code, it is provided: “Whoever, by force or threat of force, attempts to force the President of the Republic or the person exercising presidential power, the Parliament, the government or a member thereof to execute, omit or tolerate an act that returns to their duties, as well as anyone who commits violence against them during the exercise of their duties, shall be punished with imprisonment of up to ten years. The same penalty is imposed if the act is directed against a leader of a political party recognized under the Parliament’s regulations.”
The president of the Parliament spoke of “brutal behavior”.
After the incident, the Speaker of the Parliament K. Tasoulas requested the removal of K. Floros from the Guard and his dismissal from the work of the Plenary for 15 days, i.e. the highest penalty provided by the regulation, characterizing it as a “caress penalty ».
In particular, he said, “the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure do not provide for brutal behavior, so it is lenient. The heaviest I can impose is to remove him with the Guard for 15 days from the business of the House. Caress over vulgarity!’
V. Grammenos with a broken nose and a splint on his hand
It is worth noting that from the attack, Vassilis Grammenos suffered a broken nose. In particular, according to the medical announcement, the MP suffered: “fracture of the nasal bones, sprain and strain of the acromioclavicular joint, traumatic rupture of the wrist and fifeocarpal ligament, and other specified disorders of the nose. Following these, Mr. Grammenos will need a fifeocarpal rest splint, a suspension – arm rest file and a 10-day sick leave is recommended.”
“I got punched in the face”
Mr. Grammenos spoke to the Star about the unprecedented violent attack he received: “I don’t have to respond to everyone’s fantasies. We were verbally attacked by Floros and left the room. I didn’t have time to react, I was punched in the face and he threw me to the floor.”
Before attacking, Mr. Floros had an intense dialogue with Mr. Grammenos inside the room, while when both were outside, Mr. Floros attacked and punched the Hellenic Solution MP.
“Exaggeration for an unfortunate incident”
According to statements by the defendant’s lawyer, Vassos Pantazis, the incident was preceded by a “vulgar verbal attack” by the victim towards her principal. The advocate referred to “justified indignation”, as “provided and defined in the criminal law”. At the same time, Ms. Pantazi, expressing surprise at the criminal charge against Mr. Floros, spoke of “legal exaggeration” over an “unfortunate personal incident”.
How was the episode?
The episode between the independent MP and the Hellenic Solution MP took place outside the Plenary. The representative of the Hellenic Solution Konstantinos Chitas stated that he is in favor of lifting immunity, although as he said, the lawsuit is not connected to Mr. Velopoulos. Then, Constantinos Floros jumped up and told him that this will be decided by the court.
Immediately, members of Hellenic Solution started verbally attacking Konstantinos Floros. Information states that Vassilis Grammenos had an intense verbal episode with K. Floros, with the latter replying to him “come out and tell me”.
The episode – fortunately – triggered the immediate intervention of the Guard and then the case was taken to the automatic procedure, for committing a felony and thus the independent deputy was arrested for his act.
Floros’s version of insults
According to what Mr. Floros mentioned in a dialogue he had with Mr. Grammenos, he addressed him with abusive and insulting characteristics. According to everything Mr. Floros said, they had the following dialogue:
K. Floros: This will be decided by the judges.
B. Grammenos: Shut up you garbage.
K. Floros: Come on.
B. Grammenos: C@@ your mother… You, your mother, I will take you and with the bracelets inside you will remember it in the past.
The refutation of the Greek Solution
In a statement issued by the Hellenic Solution, it refutes the dialogue, noting: “For some time now, there has been circulating on all sites an imaginative so-called dialogue, between the MP of the Greek Solution Vassilis Grammenos and the MP of the Spartans, Konstantinos Floros. The dialogue in question was given by the accused himself – for a felony now – but also by some “well-wishers”, who are trying to involve the Greek Solution, inventing him as a line of defense”.
