Creation of a special commission to investigate and identify systemic problems and malfunctions that led to the railway tragedy Pace announced Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis.

As noted in the related announcement:

“In accordance with the directive of the Prime Minister, Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis announces the establishment of a special commission to investigate and identify systemic problems and malfunctions that led to the tragedy on the Tempe railway.

The committee consists of three members and includes:

• Ioannis – Konstantinos Chalkias, Honorary Chairman of the State Legal Council, as President.
• Athanasios Ziliascopoulos, Professor of Transport and Manufacturing, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, as a member.
• Vassilios Profillides, professor of transport engineering at the Thracian University of Democritus, as a member.

The Commission will carry out its work in the shortest possible time and will call for assistance technical staff, experts or any other persons it deems necessary.

Result soon

Such as “K” wrote on her today’s sheet and in the “Theory” column, since citizens’ distrust of the political system is – and justifiably – high, the question is when to expect a conclusion that will record the causes of the tragedy.

To a related question, the answer received by “K” was that it would be done immediately, i.e. within a month, as the goal of the new minister is not to allow any delays.

Yesterday, during the handover ceremony of the Ministry of Infrastructure, G. Gerapetritis stressed that he arrived with three instructions from the Prime Minister: to investigate the accident, to continue the modernization of the infrastructure without interruption, and to take measures to restore the safety of railway transport.

Mr. Gerapetritis highly appreciated the decision of Mr. Karamanlis to resign, taking on political responsibility. “By special order of the Prime Minister, I am taking over the duties of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the purpose of three specific things,” he said. “The first is to explore the reasons why we have come to mourn the loss of human souls.” According to him, the investigation will be transparent, and the commission of experts will study the systemic causes that led to the tragedy, “of course, not to lay responsibility, since this is the subject of an already existing judicial investigation.”

As a second goal, Mr. Gerapetritis mentioned the provision of infrastructure modernization procedures, “so that there are no problems with the speed of work.” Finally, “immediate actions are needed to restore transport security at the level of railway transport in order for security to be fixed in the psychology of citizens.”