“For the withdrawal of soil at the point of conflict of the train, neither was the CEO of the Larissa Court of Appeals, nor by the Managing Director of the Larissa Public Prosecutor’s Office,” said a letter from the Larissa Public Prosecutor’s Office that was forwarded to Parliament by the Minister of Justice.

The document was forwarded in the context of parliamentary audit, in response to a question posed by 16 SYRIZA MPs, led by Constantine Barca. The question was asked to the Ministers of Justice and Citizen Protection and asked, inter alia, to be informed if “there was a prosecutor’s order to remove the soil from the area and, if not, who ordered the process for the process”. The question entitled “Complaints for blocking the investigation into the Tempe accident and the responsibilities of the authorities involved” was submitted on February 4, that is, the day before a PASOK preliminary examination of a proposal to set up a Committee on Preliminary Examination.

On February 21, Justice Minister George Floridis forwarded to Parliament on February 7, 2025, a document of the Larissa Court of Appeals stated that on the issue of terminating soil in Tempi, “Following a preliminary examination, a prosecution was brought for a breach of duty at the expense of the persons involved and a correlation with the case file (ABM 2023/49/EP4-23/3) handled by the Respondent Investigator “and that” the defendants involved have already been apologized before the appearance-in-law“

The Minister of Justice concludes in his transmitter document that the other issues that SYRIZA MPs are seeking to inform them is the consolidated minister “(the Minister of Citizen Protection).