Minister Kammenos resigns amid alleged tweet row
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Deputy Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Dimitris Kammenos (not to be confused with ANEL party leader Panos Kammenos) who has been heavily criticised for allegedly sending a series of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments through his Twitter account submitted his resignation on Wednesday evening to allow “the smooth functioning of the new government”, just hours after he was sworn in.
"Setting the interest of our country as my primary goal, the smooth functioning of the new government and honoring the trust offered to me by the Prime Minister, I announce my resignation from the post of Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks,” Kammenos said in a statement.
He also said he will lodge a lawsuit against “unknown persons” for the alleged hacking of his accounts adding that the police’s cybercrimes unit investigated his social media accounts but “came up with nothing”.
