“The era of lawlessness in HEIs without consequences is over” emphasized the Minister of Education, Religion and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis on STAR TV, referring to recent events in university institutions in Athens and Thessaloniki.

“We are not yet in the situation we wish for, but we are also far from the situation we inherited in 2019. The police intervenes more easily and will continue to intervene where there is a problem” said Mr. Pierrakakis and called on “the rectors to take the responsibility assigned to them for the operation of universities».

The Minister of Education revealed that in collaboration with the Ministry of Citizen Protection special plans are being drawn up “institution by institution” for the needs of their safe operation.

Regarding the increasing manifestations of school violence, Mr. Pierrakakis argued that “looking at the context of the use of mobile phones in schools and the consequences it should have for pupils’ and added that this would be part of the new regulations on school violence and bullying, along with expulsions, new treatment of absences and easier change of school environment.

Regarding the accident in Tempe, Mr. Pierrakakis denied that there is any cover-up on the part of the government and asked for confidence in the justice system, asking to stop any attempt to exploit the event. He mentioned that New Democracy as a government ran in six months the creation of 112, thanks to which thousands of lives have been saved, but he never demanded criminal responsibility from SYRIZA who never started it and never finished it, despite the fact that everyone today they are sure that if the system had worked in earlier disasters dozens of people would have been saved. “We referred exclusively to political responsibilities and we have always highlighted them” emphasized Mr. Pierrakakis, contrasting the treatment of the accident in Tempe with that of the tragedy in Mati.

Finally, referring to Mr. Spirtzis’ request submitted to the Speaker of the Parliament for the investigation of his responsibilities, Mr. Pierrakakis clarified “the case does not concern Mr. Spirtzis, he knows very well that for him the deadlines of the law, which the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis subsequently changed, so that the ministers have a completely different treatment than before».