Ultranationalist Golden Dawn MP Anestis Mattheopoulos was summoned by the examining magistrates today to testify on charges of participating and leading a criminal organization. During this meeting he asked and received and extension to testify on June 30. The examining magistrates gave this extension following a motion for the recusal of the examining magistrates and the prosecutor handling the case that was filed by Golden Dawn secretary general Nikos Mihaloliakos.

Mr. Mihaloliakos filed the motion against magistrates Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou as well as against prosecutor Isidoros Doyiakos, thus “freezing” the investigation until the ruling of the judicial council.

According to sources, Mihaloliakos’ motion relates to the indictment by the lawyer of independent deputy Stathis Boukouras, Alexis Kougias, who claimed his client was under pressure from the magistrates to testify against his co-defendants so as to be treated in a more favorable way.