Tribunals to Decide Papandreou’s Fate
Two special criminal courts set up last summer will decide whether former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will stand trial on corruption charges, Minister of Justice Constantinos Stamatis said Friday.
Papandreou, 70, whose Socialist party joined an all-party government last week after inconclusive elections Nov.5, was sent for trial by the previous government. He is accused of involvement in a $200-million bank embezzlement scandal and illegal telephone tapping during eight years in power that began in 1981. He could be sentenced to life in prison.
Papandreou has denied any wrongdoing and accused his political enemies of waging a vendetta.
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