Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20-hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal. Officials in the government of left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras have described the alleged bribery scandal as the worst in modern Greek history. Under Greek law, parliament must first investigate allegations against lawmakers before they can be stripped of immunity and prosecuted by judicial authorities. Prime Minister Tsipras promised that justice would be done. "I'm not here to provide answers regarding this despicable libel but to denounce these ridiculous allegations," conservative former prime minister Antonis Samaras said.

Source: ABC News February 22, 2018 01:41 UTC