The issue of the death of the five Greek soldiers in September 2023 in Libya, PASOK reintroduced.

The PASOK Parliamentary Group of National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Michalis Katrini and Dimitris Mantzoswith their common question to foreign ministers George Gerapetritis and national defense Nikos Dendiaask “serious questions about the tragic mission of the Armed Forces in Libya in 2023”, as they said in a statement.

MPs, after referring to publications which they get involved him Prime Minister himself In the then decision, in order to compete with the existing Turkish presence in Libya, they set up the existing Turkish presence in Libya “Relentless questions that need immediate answers so that nothing is convened and to fully clarify the tragic mission case in Libya.”

As they point out, “This mission, with the well -known tragic results, is a monument amateurism her political leadership Because it was organized with incredible sloppiness, inconceivable, incredible and unmatched frivolity, absolute lack of strategic and operational planning. ”

“More specifically, the Humanitarian Aid Mission to Libya, which started in Elefsina on September 17, 2023, is said to have been decided abnormally After information that the Turkey had already sent aircraft with humanitarian aid to the country. In spite of warnings For the extremely dangerous terms of movement in Libya, Greek staff was obliged to travel a 300km route with one driver and one too Unknown bus ».

Members point out that “The government, in its attempt to” demonstrate a flag “, put the Armed Forces executives at a deadly danger, sending them to one zone without the necessary preparation and support“

On the basis of the above, Members ask for given clear answers by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and National Defense Minister Nikos Dendia, “For who made the decision on the mission and by what criteria, whether there were warnings about the dangers of the mission, for the reasons that so much pressure on its immediate realization was exerted and for the reasons that changed the last minute of the landing airport.”

Following is the full text of the question.

“INQUIRY

To: Foreign Minister, Mr. George Gerapetritis.
Minister of National Defense, Mr. Nikolaos Dendia.
Subject: Unanswered questions about the announced tragedy of the mission in Libya.

Highly revealing, fully shocking and unparalleled are the elements that have seen the light of publicity from the Data Journalists and Militaire.gr about the deadly mission of the Armed Forces in Libya.

According to them, the mission of humanitarian aid to the war, launched by Eleusis on September 17, 2023, was organized with incredible, incredible, unthinkable, unmatched and unrecognizable frivolity, an absolute lack of strategic and operational planning, without a trace of professionalism.

The report refers to the prime minister’s own involvement, following the information he arrived in Athens that Turkey had already sent aircraft with humanitarian aid.

Indicatively, while there were competently formulated clear warnings of all kinds of dangers that were missing, (“Libya road trips remain extremely dangerous”) with armed groups and chaos conditions on the road network, staff were forced to travel 300! There the government trusted the lives of the Armed Forces executives, as political leadership was in a hurry to send the mission just to make a “flag demonstration”.

An indication that the political leadership was aware that the executives are sending to an extremely dangerous area, it is that with the official announcement from the website of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (“Shipment of Health and Humanitarian Aid to Libya” dated September 17th 2023), the Ministry of National Defense Field of Battle and Special Businesses ».

Because it turns out that the government bodies were completely taken aback by the Turkish mission and decided to react jerk.
Because Turkey had already had a particularly increased involvement and presence in Libya, so the government attempted to compete with the Turkish presence that was well aware of the country and was there with clearly superior forces.
Because revealing publications arise serious questions that need answer.

THE MAJOR MINISTERS:
Who decided to send and why?
Was there warnings about the dangers of the mission?
Why was so much pressure on the mission immediately and what impacts this pressure had on preparation?
Why did the landing airport change at the last minute?
The MPs
Michalis Katrini
Dimitris Mantzos ».

SYRIZA: Not in new concealment

The announcement was issued yesterday, Wednesday, and SYRIZA-PS.

In detail, he said:

“Not in a new cover for the 5 dead soldiers in Libya – Mitsotakis or Mission?

New shocking data is made by journalistic research on the “humanitarian mission” in Libya in September 2023, where three military and two civilians died.

In particular, according to the deposits – bomb of the military released by the publications (Militaire, Data Journalists):

GEFHA and a special warfare, ignored the warnings that referred to the risk assessment for the mission: “Libyan road travels remain extremely dangerous,” they said.

GEFHA and ADHD depressed the sudden change of landing airport of the Greek mission, resulting in the Greek military and the citizens who accompanied them that they had to travel 290 instead of 72 km when “road travels within Libya remain extremely dangerous”.

GEFHA and ADHD “designed” in a hurry, quickly and frivolously and frivolously. As stated, the members of the mission were trying to gather at the last minute passports, documents and the medical material that would be transported to Libya.

According to military deposits, it was essentially a business decided by the prime minister mainly for communication reasons! “The mission clearly to me meant more a communication game that ended up in a fiasco,” one of the military testified.

GEFHA and ADHD did not take care of the security of the staff, which as it appears from the deposits had no substantive protection.

The outrage is that after the military deposits on how they went to Libya, what they encountered there and how the deadly conflict happened, the report of the GEFHA concludes that everything was done right and that no one has a responsibility !!!

It should be noted that, in a SYRIZA – MS parliamentary question, Deputy Minister Kefalogiannis, in a “Tempi line”, had accused – immediately – who demanded information on the tragic incident, he called the criticism of the mission of the mission of “

Today, when all these shocking revelations about the design and implementation of the mission that cost the life to five citizens, what do Mr Dendias and Mr Kefalogiannis have to say? What does the prime minister – who according to reports have to say – has to say – gave the mandate to the mission to Libya?

Will anyone take on political and business responsibility for yet another tragedy? Greek society will not tolerate yet another government attempt to conceal with innocent citizens.

Everything in the light now! “

The Ministry of Defense’s response to SYRIZA’s announcement

SYRIZA’s announcement for Greek soldiers in Libya was commented on yesterday, Wednesday and sources of the Ministry of Defense, stating:

“As the Deputy Minister of National Defense has already answered, Giannis Kefalogiannis, In a question in Parliament (17/2/2025), military justice investigations are ongoing and its judgment and findings are expected, as a result of sufferers (on 3/1/2024 and 4/3/2024 respectively), in order to ascertain whether there is a case of criminal prosecution.

The conduct of preliminary exams which ordered by the Athens Military Public Prosecutor’s Office has been completed and the relevant files are in a prosecutorfor further criminal handling.

The Ministry of National Defense, accepting the prestige of judicial decisions, will do and execute all the rights to give justice.

Until then, any criticism must be exerted on terms of elementary rational competence. “