Second trial of burn victims from murder fire in the eyeswho are not involved in the ongoing litigation, was initiated Justice with a long delay and with the danger of limitation in this case also not only present, but also immediate.

OUR second eye test concerns the residents of the area who, for various reasons, were not among the victims of a large trial that is already underway – and this one with a delay – as a result of which the District Attorney Panagiotis Maniatis, in order not to leave their petition for justice completely unfulfilled, to launch an urgent prosecutorial investigation .

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The investigation proceeded at a speed that was completely unusual for criminal cases, if the necessary procedural actions provided for by law can be carried out and these people can be brought to trial as defenders of the prosecution against a total of 21 defendants who are convicted of criminal liability. be responsible for criminal omissions a fire in Mati killed hundreds of people and burned dozens.

The delay in imposing responsibility for the fatal fire exposes Greek justice, which even in this case failed to act quickly and effectively.

Initiation of criminal cases for some litin order for the criminal liability attributed by the court not to be delayed, it must be such that the procedures are completed on June 23, because otherwise the whole case is overdue.

Thus, without exaggeration, the competent judiciary began a race to meet the deadlines so that the statute of limitations for offenses (misdemeanors), which is five years, was reduced to eight. In any case, the criminal proceedings on the consequences of the deadly fire, whether the main trial against the dead and dozens of those burned, or the additional one that has now begun, exposes the Greek justice, which could not – and this time – act quickly and effectively, as a result of which the requirement the relatives of the victims as well as the survivors’ moral justice through the judicial crisis is jeopardized due to the statute of limitations.

First apology

Otherwise, in the main trial of those responsible for the unprecedented tragedy yesterday, on the 15th, an expert firefighter, Dimitrios Liotsios, was interrogated, who undertook to fix in the conclusion a huge responsibility for the actions and especially the inaction of the perpetrators in the state apparatus. One of the defendants, Philippos Pandeleakos, who was then director of operations at the Civil Protection Centre, after observing Liotsios’ testimony, decided that he should apologize to the victims on behalf of the absent state apparatus. This is the first apology delivered at this trial. “I express my public apologies for the results of the work of the state apparatus and respect for the victims and their relatives,” the accused said, starting questions to the witness.

Then, during the testimony of expert Dimitris Liotsiou, there was a lot of discussion about when he flew the only aircraft that made drops for fire, and the trial will continue in Holy Week.