Kostas Karamanlis, Head of the Greek Ministry of Transport, announced his resignation after returning from the scene of the railway disaster in Tempe. newspaper reports Kathimerini.
According to him, when something so tragic happens, it’s impossible to go on living as if it didn’t happen. The minister stressed that an important element of democracy is that citizens can trust the political system, which is called political responsibility.
“Therefore, I am resigning from my position as the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. “I see it as my duty to do this as a minimum of respect for the memory of the people who were wrongfully separated, and to take responsibility for the mistakes of the Greek state and political system,” he said.
before in Greece arrested At the beginning of the train station after the passenger and freight trains collided in Tempe.
On the night of March 1, freight and passenger trains collided in the town of Tempi, near the city of Larisa. As a result of the collision, fire broke out, three wagons were derailed. According to the latest data, 36 people died, 66 people were hospitalized, 6 of them are in intensive care.