The strong reaction of Zoe Konstantopoulou was caused by the decision of the Scientific Council of the Parliament to exclude her from the Commission of Inquiry on Tempi

The President of Freedom of Navigation, Zoe Konstantopoulou, denounces the opinion on the incompatibility of her participation in the Commission of Inquiry because she has undertaken non-profit defense of families of victims of the railway accident on February 28, 2023.

“I will exercise all legal actions, all my duties against this scandalous, allegedly, opinion, without authority,” she said in a video post on social media.

The entire statement

“Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Tasoulas, apparently, think they can wrap in a piece of paper, not me, but the memory of the victims and the families of the dead. They are making a very big mistake. They show their panic and panic brings a lot of mistakes. The Scientific Council of the Parliament, i.e. some retired professors appointed by the Speaker of the Parliament with a monthly salary, unfortunately, accepted to play the role of supporting an authority that is afraid of its responsibilities. I’m very sorry too I will exercise all legal actions, all my duties against this scandalous, allegedly, opinion, without authority, while it is admitted that two of the members of the Scientific Council are one of the defense attorneys for the Tempi accused and the other the technical advisor for the Tempi accused and this was hidden until this morning when I made it public, after one of the two members.

I am particularly sorry for the fact that Mr. Mavrias, President of the Scientific Council, accepted to play this truly black role, which has nothing scientific to do with it. Because Science neither bends, nor submits, nor submits to the orders of power.

I have asked, and have not received an answer, what is the composition of the Scientific Council. They did not reply to me in order not to disclose to me what I subsequently learned. That there are, in other words, serious issues with the fact that two of the members of the scientific board are involved in the defense of defendants for Tempi. They did not answer me if they have been activated by the Speaker of the House to issue an opinion in order to limit the right of speech to me personally as a former Speaker of the House and Leader of a Political Party. They did not answer me if they have issued opinions on a similar matter in the past year, nor did they certainly forward me the opinions they have issued, if they have issued them. They did not reply to me in two official letters. They didn’t answer most of my questions.

But really with her provocative and offensive to everyone’s intelligence, but also to the memory of 57 victims who were murdered on February 28, 2023, give me the answer to how far from the scientific work their function as a Scientific Council is. They give me the answer that they are obedient organs of the Speaker of the Parliament, who also carries out the orders, unfortunately, of the Prime Minister, which I, as Speaker of the Parliament, never agreed to do. They answered me that the Government is very afraid that Mr. Karamanlis and Mr. Mitsotakis will not come to the Commission of Inquiry with me and they answered me, of course, in an eloquent way that the Government treats itself as a whole not just as accountable, but as guilty for Tempe.

My answer will always be on the side of Justice, on the side of the victims, on the side of legality, which is being bent wildly at the moment, by a Scientific Council that operated without the two members supposedly – but in fact having already prepare this preprogrammed evolution. A Scientific Council that by this act and by defiantly refusing to answer my two official letters, underlines in a resounding way that it wishes and chooses to commit a breach of duty, an abuse of power and assistance in the abuse of power, and of course a violation of the most sacred rules of Science and Law, which are the rules of Morals and Ethics. My answers will be given as they should be and the result will judge us all, as will history».