The National Popular Front (ELAM) party leader admitted a 2007 conviction for illegal gun possession in Greece during a televised appearance last night, according to a press release issued by the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) today.
\nThe EDEK press release states that the ELAM leader \u201cwas forced to confess his conviction after the President of EDEK exposed him with his statements.\u201d It further claims that this admission \u201chas left his MP, Sotiris Ioannou, exposed as well,\u201d referring to Ioannou\u2019s denial of the conviction on a separate televised appearance on April 26.
\nThe release adds that the ELAM leader was previously a member of the bodyguard group of Nikos Michaloliakos, leader of the Greek far-right group Golden Dawn which has been labelled a criminal organisation.
\nEDEK concludes the press release by stating, \u201cThis admission of guilt essentially leaves the leadership of ELAM exposed. We hope that the people begin to understand who they are dealing with.\u201dgun. conviction, illegal gun possession, admission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Popular Front (ELAM) party leader admitted to a 2007 conviction for illegal gun possession in Greece during a televised appearance. The admission was made after the President of EDEK exposed him with his statements, leaving his MP, Sotiris Ioannou, also exposed. The ELAM leader was previously a member of the bodyguard group of Nikos Michaloliakos, leader of the Greek far-right group Golden Dawn, which has been labelled a criminal organization. EDEK hopes that the people will now understand who they are dealing with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11037,8625,2561,4543,7644,1810,3978,1836,843,153,575,11034,11035,747,985,4407,11036,148,4941,5328,1696,1853,4843,1354,114,6305],"class_list":["post-12923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-admission","tag-april","tag-bodyguard","tag-conviction","tag-criminal-organisation","tag-democracy","tag-denial","tag-edek","tag-elam","tag-elections","tag-far-right","tag-gar-right","tag-golden-dawn","tag-greece","tag-gun","tag-hope","tag-illegal-gun-possession","tag-local","tag-organisation","tag-party","tag-party-leader","tag-possession","tag-president","tag-release","tag-top-news","tag-who"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n