ND chief: Next gov’t will probe Novartis claims

The allegations by a deputy Supreme Court prosecutor that a government official influenced an investigation into an alleged bribery scandal involving the Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis will be investigated by the next Parliament, conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday.
Ioannis Angelis referred to a government official who is active in the judicial sector whom he identified only as "Rasputin." He alleged that the probe into the possible implication of political officials into the Novartis affair has been marred by a series of irregularities, while making allegations of a campaign by the government to victimize political rivals.
Angelis is to be summoned next Friday by another Supreme Court deputy prosecutor, Dimitris Dasoulas, who has been appointed by the court's main prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou to probe his claims. After Angelis' testimony,...