Pavlos Haikalis

Comedian Lakis Lazopoulos performed his latest satirical work, “Oh my God, what have we done to you”, infront of a star-studded audience that included Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his wife Peristera Baziana who were given a warm welcome upon their entry at the crowded theater.

The most recent convert to a possible return to the drachma is none other than the leader of the small rightist-populist Independent Greeks’ (AN.EL) party, Panos Kammenos.

In statements to a local radio station on Monday, the former defence minister, former ND minister and former anti-bailout polemicist stated:

Political developments in Greece ahead of next month’s snap election – the third time voters will head to the ballot box in 2015! – turned surreal over the weekend, with one top SYRIZA MP threatening to commit … suicide, while former leftist comrades continued their “civil war” over the airwaves.

The latest “chink” in the now defunct coalition between radical leftist SYRIZA and the rightist-populist AN.EL party emerged on Friday when one high-profile deputy of the latter, comedic actor Pavlos Haikalis, admitted to owning an … offshore company.

Greek Deputy Minister for Social Security Pavlos Haikalis has filed a law suit at the Supreme Court of Greece against the two prosecutors who archived his the case in December 2014. The case involved his alleged bribery in order to influence the outcome of the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic.

PM Alexis Tsipras announced a Greek government reshuffle on Friday afternoon, expected since an earlier vote in Parliament this week, replacing “dissident” minister Panagiotis Lafazanis with MP Panos Skourletis at the production reconstruction ministry.

Police in Pikermi, east Attica, were investigating a break-in at the home of Independent Greeks deputy Pavlos Haikalis in the early hours of Saturday.

According to initial reports, unknown assailants broke into the MP’s residence from a balcony before removing jewelry and a service handgun registered to his wife, a police officer.

Ahead of Monday’s third critical presidential vote, government officials were canvassing MPs over the holidays in a last-ditch bid to garner additional support for the coalition’s candidate, former European Commissioner Stavros Dimas, and to avert snap elections.

The prosecutor tasked with probing allegations by Independent Greeks MP Pavlos Haikalis that he was offered a bribe to back the government in presidential elections has concluded that the claims are groundless.

The deputy prosecutor responsible for investigating allegations by Independent Greeks MP Pavlos Haikalis that he was offered a bribe in order to back the government's presidential candidate has concluded that there is no basis for criminal prosecution.