Greek Golden Dawn MP Says Holocaust Fiction
The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he - like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos - is a Holocaust denier.
During a debate about the parliamentary committee which is probing the political handling of the so-called Lagarde List of possible tax cheats, Kasidiaris said that Sabby Mionis, a Greek-born businessman who lives in Tel Aviv, refused to appear before the panel protesting over the fact that it includes Holocaust deniers.
“Members of the committee are, of course, Holocaust deniers,” Kasidiaris, a member of the panel, said, Greek media reported. That set off angry retorts from other parliament members, particularly Vasilis Economou of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) which, along with the PASOK Socialists, is a partner in the coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader.
