These are Michalis Arvanitis, Eleni Zaroulia, Nikos Kouzilos and Dimitris Koukoutsis. Also, it is expected to reach a decision for Elias Kassidiaris for the offense of possession of weapons. The magistrates who are handling the cases request to waive their immunity.

Note that the majority of the members of the Ethics Committee are in favor of waiving the immunity of MPs announcing thereby the attitude of the parties during tomorrow’s final vote .

Specifically, ND, SYRIZA , PASOK , DIMAR, KKE is expected to vote in favor, the Independent Greeks would probably indicate “Present” while MPs of the Golden Dawn will vote against.

Over the next days, the petitions of Justice for the waivers of immunity of the other Members of Parliament will be also considered. At the same time , however, the legal department of the Parliament is concerned about a possible cancellation request of the procedure on behalf of the Golden Dawn, in case the MPs fail to attend the final stage of the process. This is because, according to the Parliament regulations, the speech is always given on request to the Member to whom the request applies. According to sources, the legal department of Parliament has requested the opinion on the matter, which is expected in the coming days.