The Greek government will move to stiffen penalties for certain offenses in the country’s penal code, while also including a re-institution of the offense of malicious blasphemy of religion, which was eliminated from the law books by the preceding leftist government days before the latter lost a general election.
In detailing the center-right government’s proposal penal code revisions, relevant Justice Minister Costas Tsiaras told Parliament deputies that the re-instituted offense – if ratified by a Parliament majority – will foresee a maximum penalty of two years prison time. The revision cover malicious blasphemy of the Orthodox Church “or any religion accepted in Greece”.