An Athens Supreme Court prosecutor ordered an immediate inquiry into the statements made by the newly-elected Mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos during his Sunday night victory speech and a subsequent TV interview as they were deemed to be homophobic and hate speech.

Beos in a speech at his party headquarters after his victory made reference to the leader of SYRIZA and his expressed intention to have two boys with his male partner Tyler, wondering if the role model of “faggots” is what Greece needed. Beos repeated similar comments in a subsequent TV interview on Ant-1 TV.

Supreme Court Prosecutor Georgia Adilini mandated an investigation following the statements with the intent to examine if the law (4285/2014 ) on racism had been violated and if his stance could cause violence and incite hatred against homosexuals.