Greek lawmaker alleges bribe offer to vote with government


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

ATHENS (Reuters) - A lawmaker from one of the small Greek parties whose support the government needs to avert a snap election said on Friday he had been offered a bribe to cast his ballot for the ruling coalition's presidential candidate.

The accusation by Pavlos Haikalis, an actor and member of the small Independent Greeks party, came two days after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' government failed to win enough parliamentary support for its candidate.

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