With the clear misdemeanor to MPs-and especially the ND MPs, to vote in favor of his referral to the Parliament’s pre -trial committee and then at the Judicial Council, former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Costas Ah will appear in Parliament today. Karamanlis, in his second parliamentary intervention in plenary, as he had re -spoken after the completion of the Tempi case committee.
According to protothema.gr, Mr Karamanlis will twice prompt Members to vote in favor of his referral proposal. He will point out that everyone, and primarily the relatives of the victims, seek justice, but he himself wants to render justice and the only way is to refer. Reportedly, Mr. Karamanlis has spoken by phone with ministers and MPs who had strong legal reservations about the basism of their referral proposal and has asked them to vote in the ballot box in favor of it. His message will be that he too is seeking cleansing through justice and does not want any blotch to accompany him, hence he asks to take the path of the natural judge.
The former minister is expected to deconstruct the proposal filed by PASOK, saying that he received a letter from the then General Manager of Transport with requests for funding and staffing of the railway in September 2021 and responded. As for the staff and the 293 people asked to be hired, he will submit the Minutes of the November 2021 Council of Ministers, which approves approval for recruitment with ASEP procedures, adding that he has also made 200 contract recruitment, knowing the delays of the state mechanism.
As for the forms of underfunding, he will present data compared to the four -year -old ND (while he was in the leadership of the ministry) for the 5 -year SYRIZA, saying that the railway had incorporated about 400 million euros on the railway. Consequently, Mr. Karamanlis wants to emphasize that he has taken actions for the funding as well and he did not care for persistent warnings, but he was testified by the opposition parties.
Also, in unanimity and with the ND line, Mr Karamanlis is expected to point out in his current position that Ras was responsible for the safety control on the railway, while he had the administrative responsibility deriving from his post, while lodging two ERA and ERA security certifications. At the same time, it will also point out the multiple violations of the General Traffic Regulation that took place on the fateful night of the tragedy.