Without a trace of self-criticism and sensitivity, the former minister and SYRIZA MP Christos Spirtzis appeared at the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee to defend himself and shake off his political responsibilities, as well as the responsibilities of the SYRIZA-ANEL government, he says in a statement the New Democracy.

“Although he spoke for more than 107 minutes in total, he did not address a single ‘sorry’ to the families of the victims of the tragedy but stuck sadly to the line of Alexis Tsipras that ‘everyone is to blame’.

Of primary importance for the SYRIZA-ANEL governance minister was to denounce that… he was targeted as as soon as he took the floor, he rushed to talk about a “blame-diffusion method”, “deplorable publications” and a barrage of posts on the internet about him.

In a cynical way and in a speech full of contradictions and non-existent facts and figures he stated that “responsibilities for the tragic accident are personified”.

He called the 717 contract “very bad” but did not explain why he was the one who gave 6 extensions to this supposedly “bad contract”, while he had no convincing answer to the crucial question “why he did not take into account the observations of the auditors although he had the conclusion of EDEL from 2018” and finally, he admitted that the supplementary contract was signed in May 2021.

SYRIZA can no longer hide, notes the ruling party.

The documents presented by the government to the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee are incontrovertible, and prove that all the necessary safeguards were in place to prevent the accident in Tempe from happening.

At the same time, all the fictions of the official opposition, which insists on setting up communication shows hoping for petty political benefits from an unimaginable tragedy that has shocked us all, were destroyed with evidence and evidence.

The Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis submitted to the Commission, an official document of the OSE which proves that the local remote control station was operated on the day of the tragic accident by all the station masters in accordance with the circular of the OSE and the only time that was not misused but was done manually was on the inappropriate station master’s shift.

Also, the former Minister of Infrastructure Kostas Ah. Karamanlis highlighted the 5 safeguards that existed but were unfortunately bypassed, while demolishing lies and allegations that, consciously, mainly SYRIZA has been cultivating among the citizens lately.

As he said, the local remote control system was not used, when it should have been, the second and third stationmasters were not there, unjustifiably, the OSE’s General Traffic Regulation was not applied, communication was not made about the routes as defined by the safety protocols, they did not see the officials on the board that for 12′ the train is on the wrong track, despite the fact that they had the technical possibility.

However, Mr. Spirtzis did not find the courage to admit even these overwhelming facts.

The government has never hid and will not. She assumed the responsibilities assigned to her from the first moment and has the political will to deal with the pathogens, turning the page to the future.

“We owe it to the innocent victims of this tragedy, to the citizens of this country and to all the relatives of the victims,” ​​concludes ND.