MPs raise questions on oversight procedure over Lakkotrypis’ job applications

Members of the House institutions committee on Wednesday raised questions regarding the oversight procedure for people who leave public office and take private sector jobs within two years in light of former energy minister Giorgios Lakkotrypis’ filing of 12 applications for special permission to do so.

A representative of the three-member commission which oversees applications filed by former public officials who wish to take jobs in the private sector told the committee that Lakkotrypis had filed 12 such applications...