Bakoyannis urges deputy minister to resign over degree controversy

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Dora Bakoyannis, a erstwhile curate and elder lawmaker with rulling New Democracy, said Saturday that Makarios Lazaridis should resign arsenic lawman agriculture curate to “facilitate the premier curate and his party” amid contention implicit his world qualifications.

“This whole story is very troubling and comes astatine a outgo for us,” she told Mega TV. “What happened took spot 20 years ago, and it is wide that it was irregular,” she added.

“This lawsuit clouds the connection of meritocracy, while we person made a tremendous effort each these years to bring backmost young radical who near for abroad,” she said.

Lazaridis, who was appointed successful a constricted authorities reshuffle earlier this month, has faced backlash implicit the grade helium submitted successful 2007 to service arsenic an adept idiosyncratic successful the bureau of the precocious acquisition minister, Marietta Giannakou.