All Members will have the right to keep their notes, but without copies or photos
It was officially announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Nikita Kaklamanis, the receipt of the case file, which concerns the investigation of any responsibilities of the former Transport Ministers, Costas Ah. Karamanlis and Christos Spirtzis, in the case of the Tempe railway accident.
The case was sent to Parliament, through the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice, by the investigator of Larissa, Sotiris Bakaimis, in accordance with the provisions of the law “on the responsibility of ministers”. As Mr Kaklamanis said, this is a criminal case file concerning the Military Infrastructure and Transport Ministers from January 1, 2016 to 28 February 2023.
According to Mr. Kaklamanis, this is a bulky material, tens of thousands of pages. “To access all parties’ representatives in the best possible way, but also to individual MPs who will have the right to keep their notes, but without any copies or photos, by anyone, we do something for the first time in the House of Representatives. [. . .] We set up the “168-Pavlos Bakoyannis” hall with 10 terminals, one for each parliamentary group, and one for independent MPs, so that they could at the same time see the entire file, which we were forwarded in electronic form. This room, besides today, opening from 11:00 to see the latest technical details, will be seven days a week open, from 9am to 9pm, “Mr Kaklamanis said.
It is noted that the content of the case file is on external hard drives, while computers do not have internet access. At the same time, the Speaker of the House announced to the House that the Minister of Justice also forwarded to the House of Representatives for the former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Ioannis Kefalogiannis, a criminal case file concerning the former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and Transportation. Karamanlis.
Under the House of Representatives, a prosecution is required to be a proposal signed by at least 30 MPs, and a decision of the House that accepts this proposal. The proposal for prosecution must clearly determine the acts or omissions which in accordance with the law of ministers are criminal and refer to the provisions that have been violated.