The answers will wait. At the heart of a resounding alleged corruption scandal involving Qatar, Greek MEP Eva Kaili will not appear in Belgian justice until December 22, her lawyer André Risopoulos told AFP. The elected, stripped of her post as vice-president of the European Parliament after her imprisonment, will remain in detention until then.
The three other people imprisoned since Sunday in this case appeared on Wednesday before the Brussels council chamber which must decide whether they remain in detention or not, according to the same source. “The case has been severed” for Eva Kaili, who could not be present in court on Wednesday due to a strike in prison, explained her lawyer. It was agreed at the request of the defense to postpone his hearing to December 22, he added.
The attorney declined to comment further. Another lawyer for the MEP, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, said Tuesday in Athens that his client “did not know of the existence of the money” found at her home in Brussels.