Opposition events have strongly criticized the ruling New Democracy authorities over the Tempe prepare catastrophe, which claimed 57 lives, accusing it of delays in delivering justice and urging residents to take part in nationwide protests on Sunday.
PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis, in a Fb submit, expressed issues concerning the erosion of public belief in establishments and immediately held Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accountable, accusing him of trying to obscure the problem beneath a “huge veil of cover-up.”
“Residents are disillusioned. The rising disaster of belief in establishments is obvious as the excellence between govt energy and the judiciary continues to erode, particularly in instances just like the Tempe tragedy,” Androulakis said.
“Mitsotakis didn’t reply the opposite day, which isn’t stunning. New Democracy had already responded months in the past with its heat applause for Kostas Karamanlis (Minister of Transport). Justice and fact are the oxygen of democracy,” he added.
SYRIZA’s press spokesperson, Giorgos Karameros, additionally accused the federal government and Mitsotakis of trying to cowl up their duties within the tragedy.
“From the very starting, the New Democracy authorities and Prime Minister Mitsotakis personally tried to obscure the reality concerning the Tempe tragedy. They won’t succeed,” he stated, demanding that every one knowledgeable stories be submitted to Parliament instantly.
The New Left echoed these criticisms, accusing the federal government of a “cover-up” of the Tempe catastrophe, whereas the chief of the Motion for Democracy, Stefanos Kasselakis, known as for unity within the pursuit of justice. “Reality and vindication transcend political affiliations,” he emphasised.
In Serres, the Normal Secretary of the Communist Social gathering (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, joined a protest held in Eleftherias Sq..
The newest name for solutions comes after audio proof leaked this week indicated that some 30 of the 57 victims of the crash had been nonetheless alive after the Thessaloniki-bound intercity passenger prepare collided head-on with a freight service that was touring on the identical line in the wrong way.
It seems from the current occasion, that these passengers died later, presumably because of asphyxiation or burns, because the collision precipitated a large explosion and a fireplace. In accordance with specialists consulted by the households, the industrial prepare might have been carrying flammable supplies that weren’t talked about within the cargo report.
