Greece: Special committee to investigate debt formed

March 20, 2015
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SYRIZA,

The parliamentary speaker in Greece's Chamber of Deputies Zoe Constantopoulou announced on March 17 the formation of a committee to audit the country’s public debt, Ekathimerini.com said that day.

Greek Member of the European Parliament Sofia Sakorafa and Belgian political scientist, public debt expert and spokesperson for the Committee to Abolish Third World Debt (CADTM) Eric Toussaint will be on the new committee.

The committee, which is expected to ask for assistance from local and international institutions, has been established “in order for the truth to be revealed and for justice to be served,” Constantopoulou said.

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