Panagiotis Lafazanis

By Haris Karanikas

The leader of the far-left Popular Unity party Panagiotis Lafazanis has been summoned by Attica police authorities to answer charges of illegal gun use and possession.

The summons is part of a wider investigation ordered by an Athens prosecutor into protests against foreclosures on the properties of overindebted Greeks.

Members of the far-left, anti-bailout Popular Unity party, led by former SYRIZA minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, gathered outside a notary's office in central Athens on Wednesday to protest against foreclosures on the properties of overindebted Greeks.

Five people were injured on Wednesday during clashes between police and protesters at a demonstration outside a notary's office in central Athens.

The offices of the Popular Unity party, a radical offshoot of leftist SYRIZA created by former government heavyweight Panagiotis Lafazanis after he split from the administration, are going under the hammer.

Panagiotis Lafazanis, a former minister and SYRIZA defector who last year launched a party called Popular Unity, has joined forces with Alekos Alavanos, one-time mentor of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who leads another small party, Plan B, which supports Greece's return to the drachma.

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis’ shocking revelations regarding details of Plan X has shed new light on the behind-the-scenes machinations of the July 5 referendum. The well-detailed Grexit scheme included the organization of soup kitchens, medicine collection, hijacking the telecommunications system and the issue of a new currency.

Hundreds of people, unions and organizations participated in the protest rally organized by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) on Saturday.

Bank of Greece Governor Yiannis Stournaras called on the country’s party leaders on Sunday to maintain their political consensus and help pull Greece out of the financial crisis once and for all.

Left party ‘Popular Unity’ lead by Panagiotis Lafazanis released a statement Wednesday demanding a recount of votes in four regions of the wider Athens area.