Dimitris Kammenos

Following marathon discussions, the majority of articles and clauses of the omnibus bill of prior actions as part of Greece’s bailout deal with international creditors passed through. The bill will be presented to Greek Parliament’s plenary at 1 p.m. and will be voted late on Friday.

Hours after starting his new job, a junior minister in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' left-wing government resigned late on Sept.23 over messages posted on his Twitter account that were considered racist and anti-Semitic.

Dimitris Kammenos, a deputy minister for infrastructure, submitted his resignation hours after Tsipras' new Cabinet was sworn in.

Greek Deputy Transport Minister, Dimitris Kammenos, announced his resignation on Wednesday just hours after he had assumed the position.

Kammenos, who is MP from the junior coalition party Independent Greeks (ANEL), resigned after a scandal over numerous offensive messages on his Twitter account, daily Kathimerini informs.

The first “crack” in the day-old second Tsipras government of 2015 swirled around a deputy minister from the rightist-populist Independent Greeks’ (AN.EL) party, whose social media accounts were punctuated by a series of anti-Semitic and racists posts.

The appointment of ANEL (Independent Greeks party) MP Dimitris Kammenos as Deputy Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks by PM Alexis Tsipras has caused an uproar in the Greek political scene, which spread to social media, as the right-wing populist politician is associated with circulating anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories.

At least three Parliament deputies of the anti-austerity, rightist-populist Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party, Vassilis Kokkalis, Kostas Damavolitis and Dimitris Kammenos, will apparently not “toe the party line” ahead of Sunday’s hastily called referendum by the radical leftist government.

A Parliament deputy of the rightist-populist Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party, Dimitris Kammenos, received a tsunami of negative reaction over his post on Facebook, which depicts the infamous main gate of Auschwitz photoshopped to read “Menoume Evropi” (We’re staying in Europe) instead of the insanely cruel “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work frees you), which greeted people as they were transported into

A deputy of the right-wing anti-austerity junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Dimitris Kammenos on Thursday posted a photo of the infamous Auschwitz sign, “Arbeit macht frei” replaced by “We Stay in Europe”. The post led to friction within the ANEL party between ANEL spokesperson Marina Chrysoveloni and and deputy Dimitris Kammenos who had a terse discussion.

Coalition partner Independent Greeks distanced itself on Wednesday from one of its own MPs, Dimitris Kammenos (no relation to party leader and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos), who posted on his Facebook page a doctored photograph of the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp.