Greece government to face voting on distrust during 2023. The deadly train collision | News about politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a majority in parliament and is expected to survive a vote on Friday.
Greek opposition parties have submitted a proposal to launch votes for distrust against the Government for its resolution of deadly 2023Days after protesters brought the country to stop their demands for political responsibility.
Hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets across the country on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the collision, demanding justice for the victims. Fifty -seven people, mostly students, were killed in a disaster.
Nikos Androulakis, leader of the Pasok Socialist Party, said Wednesday that the proposal had been submitted to the Government “criminal incapacity”.
Three left side supported the decision, including Syriz, a new left and the course of freedom. The vote will take place on Friday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose government has 156 seats of 300 in parliament, and is expected to survive the proposal, said he would threaten the political stability of the country.
“I have an obligation to maintain the country with stable and safe in this uncertain climate,” Mitsotakis told Parliament.
He accused the opposition of expanding the “storm” of misinformation.
“There was never [cover-up]”Mitsotakis said, referring to claims as a” colorful collection of myths, fantasies and lies. “
The railway case occurred on February 28, 2023, when the train from Athens to Thessaloniki, carrying more than 350 passengers, collided with a freight train near the town of Larissa.
Two trains traveled to each other on the same path miles without starting any alarms. The accident is blamed for defective equipment and a human error.
The opposition parties said that the government ignored repeated signs and warnings that Greek railways were not sufficiently funded and prone to accidents.
The relatives of the collision victims also criticized the Government for not launching or supporting an investigation into political responsibility.
Last week, the Air and Railway Accident Investigation Administration (Haris) reported that the collision was caused by the chronic defects of the safety they were to be resolved to prevent repetition.
Parliament on Tuesday voted on the launch of an investigation whether senior official Christos Troantopoulos, who after the accident went to the scene of the collision, approved a bulldozing place, leading to loss of key evidence.
The Triantopoulos, who resigned on Tuesday, rejected all the allegations and said that he had supervised the efforts in the liberation.
Despite the Government, which refuses the claims of concealment, the public opinion poll in the country revealed that the vast majority of Greeks believe that the Government tried to hide the evidence.
So far, more than 40 people have been prosecuted due to the accident, including the head of the local railway station responsible for directing trains, but the trial in the collision is not expected before the end of the year.
