The Greek prime minister has vowed to upgrade the country's railways as he voted for government braces for government equipment that withstanded his government braces after a major protest against the 2023 train accident that killed 57 people.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the biggest protests in recent history highlighted the demand for action, with hundreds of thousands of people responding to disasters and then furious and furious.
The collision occurred on the Athens-Thessaloniki line when an intercity train collided head-on with a freight train in Tempe's canyon.
“What's been going on in recent years is simply not enough, so our infrastructure needs to be modernized and secure,” Mitsotakis said in his weekly online address.
“Both those marched in protest and those who were saddened in silence demanded something obvious. [and] The safe and modern public transport that the country deserves. ”
He vowed that change had sworn from the Athens Thessaloniki line, where locomotives had careers towards each other at high speed along the same track.
The scale of Friday's protest proves without question that Mitsotakis is facing his biggest test since he was elected in July 2019.
Critics accused him of placing his passionate New Democrat needs of his fierce New Democrat needs before the public's rage over what is considered a rare miscalculation by politicians who take pride in their ability to handle the crisis.
“My confidence in his ability to deliver has evaporated,” said Maria Karakliumi, a well-known political analyst.
“This is the first time this government has faced such a great opposition from society as a whole. People are very disappointed. It's not about the crash of trains anymore, but about the much broader political crisis.”
Two years from now, I will not be responsible for the tragedy. The pace of the Greece's Glacier of Justice means that no trial has yet been held.
The rage was further driven by a sense of cover-up, which Greek air and the power of railway accidents, was exacerbated by the publication of a 178-page report on the eve of the protest. It reveals the possibility of the existence of unknown and highly flammable substances in the crash scene.
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The report highlighted the lack of “respect and order” that officials show when choosing to clean the accident site, which they said “had led to loss of evidence.”
Judicial investigators are expected to call new witnesses who will testify this week amid growing concerns that important evidence is intentionally hidden.
On Sunday, Mitotakis accepted that the report's findings revealed a situation that was “far from what we are aiming for,” and urged the Greeks not to lose their faith in the judiciary.
“In a state ruled by the rule of law, the judiciary alone has the responsibility, authority and ability to bring clarity to cases that have caused so much pain for us, not political parties or public opinion,” he wrote.
However, polls showing that the vast majority of Greeks do not trust public institutions or the judicial system have determined that the opposition parties will maintain pressure.
The Pasuk party, the main opposition, has shown to submit a lackluster vote that is expected to spark a day of fiery debate in Congress on Wednesday, but protesters remain vigilant in honor of the deaths outside the building.
