“Today’s” Estia “post for his email Ch. Triantopouloswhich allegedly reveals a “coordinating role” in managing the point of tragedy Tempsit is deeply misleading. It is part of a broader attempt to deteriorate reality and disorientation of public opinion, “government sources respond.

And they point out the same sources:

‘What is the truth:

Mr Triantopoulos’ message was a formal, purely economic information, which concerned exclusively covering expenditure to support victims of the victims and the provision of resources in the Region of Thessaly, according to the state’s obligations, as is the case after any accident or disaster.

From Nowhere does Mr. Triantopoulos’s coordinating role emerge or any mandate. In addition, business decisions to remove wagon had been taken before Mr Triantopoulos went to the area. In fact, he only informed this email about the help of the families of the victims and the assistance of the state to the payment of financial obligations by the Region of Thessaly in the context of the accident management.

After all, the post itself admits that “The topic of meeting was to cover expenses “.

It is also clear that the Minister of State gave to Parliament today and then Minister of State George Gerapetritisresponding to opposition objections:

Mr. Gerapetritis, among other things, stressed that: “The Mail does not report anything for order. Is the Issue of ex -post funding of what the Region paid“The Minister continued:” Resources are the demand of correspondence and not the mandate, which does not arise from anywhere. I repeat to you: In the correspondence you invoke there is no No absolute reference to command. There is a reference to ex -post coverage of expenses. Unless you disagree that there should be coverage for the state aid of those who have been informed. If we disagree and discuss it. Or if you think that the costs of restoring the railway line should not be covered. “

We have repeatedly pointed out that the central state, over time and under the legislation, is conducting a review of the legality of any expenditure requested by local authorities, and not the feasibility for which the bodies requesting funding are responsible. If we adopted the logic of the opposition, which violates both legislation and common sense, every time a local authority is checked for any offense or poor work (eg in a playground or a path), the ministers or ministers would be responsible.

And the government sources end up:

“We remind you that for actions on the field, business factors have provided answers, which are in any case evaluated by justice, which has the first and last reason. It is not a job in the opposition to represent the judge and make decisions. In conclusion today’s post, with the so -called “Revelation”, distorts the truth and fully confirms that Mr Triantopoulos did not give any commandnor did it have had any coordinating role. That is, it confirms what the government supports from the first moment. ”