A Greek MP who hired his daughter for a permanent job while serving as parliamentary speaker for a day is facing calls for his resignation, the BBC reports.

Vyron Polydoras, of the ruling conservative New Democracy party, held the post between the inconclusive May 6 election and its repeat on June 17.

Published documents show he made his daughter an employee in his office.

Denying wrongdoing, he said the law had entitled him to appoint six employees and he had chosen just one.

The case has drawn public ire in the cash-strapped country where political parties have been suspected of cronyism in the public sector for decades.

via PUNCH