Gov't Proposes Electronic Tagging for Romanos - He Accepts

Greece's Minister of Justice Charalambos Athanasiou said on Tuesday that a provision for electronic tagging may be implemented in the case of hunger striker, and convicted armed robber, Nikos Romanos.

Until this is implemented though, Athanasiou called for Romanos’ parents to convince their son to end his hunger strike and agree to follow his university courses electronically, because presently that is "the best the State can do”.

Speaking on Vima 99.5 FM on Wednesday Romanos' attorney, Frangiskos Ragousis, stated that his client is going to accept the electronic tagging.

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