Unionist Costas Genidounia was fired from the Hellenic Train, which triggered SYRIZA’s reaction with Socrates Famello accusing the government of “corruption and authoritarianism”.

In detail, the statement by SYRIZA President For the dismissal of the driver:

“The former president of the drivers, and again a candidate, Costas Genidounia, the day before May Day was fired by the Hellenic Train.

As President he had repeatedly pointed out to K. Karamanlis the safety problems of the railway. And he is now fired, as he reached the House of Representatives of the former minister’s criminal errors.

A government of corruption and authoritarianism, which essentially punishes trade unionism.

It dismisses the one who exposed them irreparably.

Because they cannot withstand justice and do not tolerate democracy.

But it won’t pass them.

SYRIZA-PS will do whatever it takes to shine the truth“

On his part of Alexandros Meikopoulosspeaks of a surprise, unannounced and completely unjustified dismissal:

“The unexpected, unannounced and completely unjustified dismissal of the driver Costas Genidounia by the Hellenic Train, a worker with long experience, a trade union action and an active role in trying to highlight the problems of the rail network, is a politician.

It seems that the Hellenic Train administration has decided to behave as a government’s trustee.

This employee was not fired because he had violated his duty. He was fired because he dared to perform the task of truth.

He spoke publicly about security shortages, the depreciation of the railway, about non -operating systems and the responsibilities that remain unpunished. For all the pathogens that led to the tragedy of Tempi.

This is not an isolated incident, but another link in a chain of deliberate actions that are directly aimed at silencing those who dare to denounce the abandonment of the public railway.

Those who do not “fit” with silence and do not succumb to labor terrorism.

This approach is not accidental. It is absolutely compatible with the Mitsotakis government’s strategy to turn the rail into a space without transparency, without accountability, without analogy.

The government not only has not substantially responsible for the Tempe tragedy, but it continues to punish those who insist on reminding what happened.

Because memory is dangerous for the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The truth bothers. It annoys the claim of a safe, public and operating railway.

After all, Mitsotakis’s Minister of Transport, just announced yesterday’s search for the new railway and seems to have already begun the replacements of executives who do their job adequately, with eager (inadequate) ONNEDIES.

SYRIZA -PS stands on the side of workers who are struggling for security and transparency. We call on the administration of the Hellenic Train to immediately recall this unacceptable dismissal. And we warn: Every such action will find us opposite. Not only as an opposition, but as representatives of a society that no longer tolerate injustice and concealment.

The timeless question of “who rules this place” seems to find an answer to this dismissal …‘

In the news of the dismissal, Alexis Hritsis, President of the New Left made the following statement:

“Down the hands of Kostas Genidounia!
Kostas Genidounia knows all of Greece.
The president of the drivers who signed the out -of -court who spoke of the danger of transport and warned of a serious accident, those that Mr. Karamanlis was in breath.
The worker who revealed the government’s lies about the fiesta prepared in Thessaloniki by Mr. Mitsotakis the day before the crime of Tempi.
The man who saw his colleagues are lost and fought the great battle for the revelation of the truth about the policy of concealment.
The government was afraid of the voice of Costas Genidounia. That is why he excluded him from the Inquiry Committee.
And today, on the eve of Labor Day, Hellenic Train announced its dismissal.
It is an act of employer terrorism. An elected trade unionist fights for train safety, to reveal the truth, to put an end to the policy of dismantling the railway.
On the eve of the labor strike.
The day the case file on Mr. Karamanlis arrived in the House.
A few days before the elections of the Hellenic Train drivers.
Tomorrow all over the country heard loudly: terrorism will not pass.
Hellenic Train is guilty.
The government is guilty.
Immediate revocation of Kostas Genidounia’s dismissal“