The Parliament of Greece rejected this Thursday a motion of censure towards the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, promoted by the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK) in retaliation for the Government’s dealing with of the Tempi prepare (*57*) in February 2023, which resulted in the demise of 57 individuals.
Specific, The vote ended with 141 votes in favor in contrast to 159 votes towards. of the ruling majority, which has 158 seats in Parliament. An impartial deputy has voted towards the motion collectively with New Democracy, as reported by the Greek channel ERT.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has criticized the opposition for profiting from struggling and use it to their benefit in the debate on the motion of censure, which has had some moments of rigidity due to the opposition’s replies.
“We by no means hid what had occurred,” declared this Thursday earlier than the Greek Parliament, including that some “unethical” political forces have change into retailers of ache, in accordance to the newspaper ‘Ethnos’.
Mitsotakis, nevertheless, has acknowledged that they didn’t talk progress in the case as a result of they may solely notify the investigating authorities. “Added to this lack of info have been the most unbelievable conspiracy eventualities,” has mentioned.
The motion of censure has been promoted by PASOK – and supported by the additionally opposition Syriza – whose chief, Nikos Androulakis, has assured Parliament that the Greek individuals “thirsts for reality and justice.”
“We strive to break the silence that New Democracy (authorities get together) intends to impose on Tempi,” he defined throughout his talking flip, making certain that the Government “operates like a well-tuned corruption machine.”
In the midst of the debate on the motion of no confidence, the Minister of State, Stavros Papastavrou, and the Secretary General of the Greek Prime Minister’s Office, Yiannis Bratakos, have submitted their resignation after a controversial assembly with a businessman.
The tragic (*57*) befell in February 2023 in the metropolis of Tempi and left 57 lifeless, together with the two drivers. The prepare, which had 350 individuals on board and was overlaying the route between Athens and the metropolis of Thessaloniki, collided head-on with one other freight prepare, inflicting three carriages to derail.
The (*57*) sparked a wave of protests towards what many thought of to be the end result of a long time of abandonment of the sector and has put in test the Government of Prime Minister Mitsotakis, which has acquired quite a few criticisms for its administration.
