Furlough

The opposition New Democracy party has reacted strongly to the decision by the Supreme Court prosecutor to appeal a decision by a judicial council not to grant a fresh furlough to convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas.

"No serious democracy is blackmailed by terrorists or their admirers," New Democracy said in a statement.

As a Greek judicial council on Friday turned down an appeal for a fresh furlough by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas, Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou said she would be reviewing the decision.

She also requested for Koufodinas' medical record and the report compiled by the social worker overseeing the jailed terrorist at the Volos prison in central Greece.

Jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, whose seventh furlough was rejected by a council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday, described the decision as a "foregone conclusion."

A council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday turned down a request by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for a seventh furlough in just over a year.
Koufodinas, who was handed 11 life sentences for his role in N17 in 2003, had applied for a four-day furlough starting on February 28, less than a month after enjoying a six-day leave.

An application by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for his seventh furlough in just over a year was temporarily frozen on Thursday after a prosecutor disagreed with a prison parole board's recommendation to grant the request.

Furloughed government workers affected by the shutdown wait in line for free food and supplies at World Central Kitchen, the not-for-profit organization started by Chef Jose Andres, on Jan. 22 in Washington. The organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters, has set up a distribution center just blocks from the U.S.

Jailed November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas, who received 11 life sentences and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for his involvement in the terror group, has received a fourth 48-hour furlough.

Kathimerini understands that the prison disciplinary board approved his furlough application on Monday as it was deemed to meet the requirements of the law.

The conservative New Democracy opposition has vowed to abolish the so-called Paraskevopoulos law which led to the release, for a third time Tuesday, of convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas on a two-day furlough, if it comes to power.

In the third such incident on Monday, 20 members of an anti-establishment group stormed into the offices of SYRIZA's prefectural committee in the city of Volos and remained there, demanding that jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas is granted a furlough.

Dimitris Koufontinas, the jailed hitman of the now defunct November 17 terrorist group, was transferred from Korydallos prison to hospital on Thursday, facing health problems following a seven-day hunger strike.