On Friday, the Greek Parliament rejected the proposal to pronounce Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for her approach to investigating the worst railway accident In the country two years ago, which claimed 57 dead and dozens of injured, TASR informs, referring to AFP and AP. After two days of turbulent discussions and mass protests MEPs voted against the proposal submitted by four opposition parties, in a ratio of 157 to 136 legislators.
In the two largest Greek cities, rainfall broke out on Friday evening. In Athens, the demonstrators were throwing petrol bombs and flares before the parliament during a debate on a proposal to pronounce the government. The police used tear gas and stun grenades as well as water cannons against violent demonstrators. In the parliament, the activists from the Gallery for visitors threw leaflets at legislators.
According to the chairman of the opposition Panhelian Socialist Movement (Pasok) Nikos Andrulakis The proposal was filed for the “reprehensible incompetence” of the Conservative Government of the New Democracy (ND) of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Prime Minister Mitsotakis accused the opposition of spreading an accident of an accident to destabilize the country. “My duty is to keep the country stable and safe at this uncertain time,” said Mitsotakis, who has been in power since 2019. At the same time denied The claims of concealing the information about the accident and described it as “a varied mix of myths, fantasies and lies”.
The railway accident happened on February 28, 2023, when a passenger train with more than 350 passengers heading from Athens to Thessaloniki with a freight train collided near Larisa. Both The trains went against each other on the same track for several kilometers without running an alarm.
In the case of more than 40 people Including the head of the local station responsible for handling trains, but the start of the process is not expected by the end of the year. Public opinion polls have shown that The vast majority of the Greeks believe that the government has tried to conceal evidence of the tragedy.
The investigation report attributes an accident of a human error and a serious structural shortcoming to the Greek railways. According to an expert opinion that was financed by the victims’ families, The freight train also carried illegal cargo, including explosive chemicals that flareed in the collision. The opposition and relatives of the victims blame the government for destroying evidence after the accident, as the scene of the accident was prematurely cleaned.
