OUR George Herapetritis takes on himself portfolio of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructureafter the resignation of Kostas Karamanlis for a deadly tragedy in Tempeas Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.

In particular, Mr. Gerapetritis takes office immediately before the announcement of elections, while retaining the portfolio of Minister of State.

“The interim minister until national elections is appointed by the minister of state, George Herapetritis, from whom I have already requested that the establishment of an independent and cross-party Expert Committee be set up as soon as possible, which will fully consider the causes of the accident. But he will also consider years of delays in rail projects. At the same time Justice will do its job. Responsibilities will be shared.

While the state will stand on the side of the families of the victims. We will mourn our children, our brothers and sisters, our friends. We will remain united in this tragedy. And then we bow our heads and grit our teeth. We will work so that this “never again”, which I heard in Larisa, does not remain an empty word. I promise you,” the prime minister said in a statement.