The dialogues that are coming to light are shocking, there was a sequence of errors that night of the accident, but it is not the only cause of the accident, we have said this many times that we do not want to hide behind them, said the government spokesman, Yannis Economou speaking on SKAI and on the show “Today”

When asked if the situation in the OSE was known to the government or the prime minister, he replied that “at the level of the prime minister, this image had not reached, no such image had been conveyed, what I want to tell you, the authorities should have known”.

With reference to the former Minister of Transport, Kostas Karamanlis, Mr. Economou said that “there is a political responsibility that was taken for this reason” ie the situation in which the railways are.

“No one can deny that the prime minister has been fighting with such pathogens from the very beginning. I’m saying they obviously should have known about this OSE HR mess. In each of his appearances, the prime minister had said that the next 10 years will be the decade of the railways in terms of the development and modernization of the network.”

He reiterated that the image of the dismantling of the railways at the government level had not been transferred and added that questions such as whether it had been transferred from the OSE to the minister would be answered.

“It was part of the political responsibility that was assumed that they should have known the black mess that existed in the administration of OSE” he characteristically said and explained: “we are talking about the mentality of the lufaro and I leave half an hour early from the shift, I put the new one in so they can take the bye oldies, I’m being smart and leaving by taking sick leave the next day so I don’t mess up.’

“All these are weaknesses that were not born yesterday,” he added.

For contracts he said that their story and evolution will be proven in the Parliament, he added that the government took over a stalled project and that since 2019 “with delays, a project has been unblocked that today has been 70% delivered”.

For Kostas Karamanlis

For the former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Karamanlis, the government representative said that the issue of his candidacy will be raised when the time comes, now it is not of the present.

As for whether he will give an explanation, Mr. Economou replied: “We consider it self-evident that all people, and primarily politicians, who have any role in the case, must be at the disposal of those doing the investigations. At the time when we say that Mr. Spirtzis has disappeared, it goes without saying that the ministers of our own government also owe and must speak and I am personally sure that they will say what they should”.

When asked if he will go to the Parliament, he answered: “My assessment is that he will go to the Parliament and wherever necessary.”

Regarding the responsibilities of SYRIZA, he said that in 2017, 52 stations and 3 remote control centers should have been delivered, but in the end 17 stations and no remote control center were received. All the data will be submitted to the Parliament. SYRIZA says that everyone else is to blame except them, that Mitsotakis came and destroyed the railway, as if there are no chronic pathologies in the public sector. We did not deny that during the 4 years we did not manage to change and collide with things that come from far away. But we have an irreconcilable open conflict, the world knows when steps were taken to move the state forward and who did them and who resisted.”

Finally, he called not to turn the tragedy into a civil war between society and politics and emphasized that the responsibilities will be clarified in the courts.

Regarding the demonstrations, he said that it is healthy that society wants to express its anguish, indignation and anger.