By Antonis Anzoletou

The disaster of Tempe for SYRIZA and PASOK did not end with the motion of no confidence. This was made clear yesterday by Stefanos Kasselakis and Nikos Androulakis. The maintenance of the topic in the news is considered a given, as the staffs of the two parties estimate that the tragic incident in Thessaly has left significant “tails” from the misguided actions of the government.

The 1.3 million signatures that have been collected are not few at all and show that the world is particularly sensitive to such issues.

The social impact is particularly strong and the debate about cover-up or deception is expected to preoccupy public opinion and likely influence the popular verdict. According to many, the way the government handled the whole affair both last year and a year after may cost it the magic number “3” ahead of its percentage. At the European level, the issue remains active, while new developments are expected from the judiciary as well.

In SYRIZA, after the drafting of the indictment and its presentation to the government, they emphasized that they gave New Democracy exactly what it was asking for. Something concrete in order to run the proceedings towards the natural judge. The response of Maximos, who referred through the “parliamentary route” to the filing of a request for a pre-investigation committee, was awaited by the official opposition. It does not seem, however, that they are willing to proceed if they do not have the government’s commitment. There are 30 signatures, but they know that the Plenary will reject the formation of the Commission.

This is what Stefanos Kasselakis showed with his post on social media yesterday, which stated among other things: “If you have nothing to hide, satisfy not the request of SYRIZA, but of an entire people: Send Kostas Karamanlis to Justice.” For the official opposition, it is more important at this moment for the majority to take the “smudge” of the retreat in relation to the attribution of responsibilities than to set up another debate in the Parliament, in which it is not certain that Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attend.

With the confidence of the motion of no confidence, which he led, Nikos Androulakis left the Parliament aside and went to justice by visiting the Areopagus himself. Having been a victim of the case of surveillance, he takes upon himself the specific issue by asking for an investigation of the publications that have seen the light of day. A guide for the two parties will be the qualitative data of the next polls that will probably run during the week and will analyze the imprint left on the world by the Tempe accident and the pain of the victims’ families one year later.