The 2,500 checks on rail freight transport in 2024 was reported by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport B. Economou from the House of Representatives, noting that in relation to 2023, “incidents of rail transport violations decreased by 25%” by 25%”. while “the seizures of dangerous materials increased by 40%”. Answering a timely question by the President of the Freedom of Life Konstantopoulou on “The smuggling of fuel and dangerous materials on the country’s rail network”, Mr. Economou said that the issue of the smuggling of the fuel on the rail noting that it is a problem facing rail networks across Europe.

Mrs Konstantopoulou referred to yesterday’s demonstrations throughout Greece, saying that there was “phrase” I don’t have oxygen “that articulated one of the victims of Tempi crime. [. . .] which is the proof of the lies of the government and the prime minister, as “the materials carried by the commercial train were illegal, they were hydrocarbons that cause precisely this lack of oxygen, not tobacco.”

At the same time, he criticized the government that he was talking about an accident and not a crime, as the investigative procedure describes it. He also asked the government to say how the controls that he claims explain “the fact that we are struggling to go to justice to the commercial train to go to justice.”

There is a Palaean request for justice and transparency, Ms Konstantopoulou said, stressing that most dead would have survived if there was no illegal load, adding that the prime minister in March 2023 said there was no illegal substance.

Responding, Mr Economou referred to a series of new measures by the government to control illegal loads on the railway, including signing an agreement with Bulgaria and Romania for common audit protocols in freight transport and enhancement of the follow -up through a new one. OSE load management, allowing real -time tracking to monitor.

As for “how we will say all this tragic event, which is a de facto accident, whether we will eventually call it a crime or not” the deputy minister said that “we do not need to violate open doors when there is a criminal procedure for investigation. [. . .] The court will be paid by criminal responsibilities. I can’t say anything. And those of you who say this are prejudice, “Mr Economou said, adding: whether or not there were loads in this tragic accident or there were abusive behaviors that have contributed to this maximization of the tragic accident and the dead is an issue to investigate. “And all I can do is that the Hellenic Train has sent to the Special Investigator Four elements, showing the image of the commercial train on what it conveyed. “So, the special investigator has the details. Anything else and whoever said then was with the time. The process as you know in all cases is evolutionary and dynamic. If new elements come and are there new data who said they would be hidden or convened? [. . . ] There is publicity of the process. Who can hide something? That element is new, is there a chance that no one will take it into such a trial, in which the justified interest of all public opinion will have it? Do not prejudice. [. . .] Anyone who has responsibilities and criminal ones to sit on the stool and have its consequences, ”said Mr. Economou