The Tempi tragedy was mentioned by PASOK Movement for Change President Nikos Androulakis, speaking Sunday night on ALPHA’s Autopsy program.

“This is a tragic event. It was a shocking moment for me, because there is a big why? How is it possible in 2023 that so many human lives depended on the mistake of one person who found himself in a position without seemingly having enough experience in alone, without much experience in this position. Too many question marks,” he said.

“Mitsotakis’ apology is not spontaneous”

Mr. Androulakis commented sharply on Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s apology, which he said “is not a spontaneous apology. Five days after the general outcry over the way he responded by putting the stationmaster’s responsibility first, comes this apology, which implies communicative manipulation. And I say this because I too have accepted Mr. Mitsotakis’s apology in the past and I know what the results were, the next steps of that apology,” said the President of PASOK-KINAL.

With regard to the pop-up revelations about the delay in the installation of an automatic safety net and remote control of train traffic, he pointed out that two governments, SYRIZA and ND, accepted and the infamous contract 717/2014 worth 41 million euros did not progress, taking seven overtimes. “Under New Democracy, this contract provides for 13 million euros, that is, a total of 54 million euros,” said Nikos Androulakis, asking the Ministry of Justice to call the ministers, administrators of organizations, general secretaries, companies participating in this contract.

Regarding the resignation of Kostas Karamanlis, he said that the resigned minister was exposed “because he went to parliament and lied to his fellow deputies from the opposition parties who raised the issue of railway safety. He told them that what they were doing was subversion. And after a few weeks, we saw what happened. Mr. Mitsotakis planned to go to Thessaloniki to the remote control center the day before the tragedy to make announcements. What will these ads be? – he asked.

Always in connection with the tragedy on the train, the president of PASOK-Movement for Change was asked about the timing of the elections, where he emphasized that “we must all respect the 40 days of mourning for families. He also positioned himself for the general course of the country, emphasizing how much a different model of governance is needed: a consensus of political forces on the most important issues of the country.

“I’m talking about consent, not co-management”

“I’m talking about consent, not about joint government. I’m talking about a strong institutional democracy, not a state of the few, a client state. What is meant by a state protecting the public interest? Mr. Dimitriadis picks up the phone and tells the EYP commander to “watch out for Androulakis.” The EMP commander in this case would answer: “No, I don’t follow anyone, because the central government, which is the tenant, tells me so.” Or, for example, someone picks up the phone and says: “Call this station master here so that he receives a large pension at the end of his professional career.” The answer should have been: “No, meritocracy.” This is the difference between the state-mining and the state-guarantor of the public interest, which can be opposed to the appropriate power. A strong state in which not everyone can, for example, appoint administrators in hospitals in an undemocratic manner. Functional state. And I think, I say this ideologically, we, as social democrats across Europe, have proven that we can build such a state,” emphasized the President of the PASOK Movement for Change.

Regarding post-election scenarios, Mr. Androulakis stressed: “I am reaching out to potential PASOK voters and I am committed to them. Mr. Mitsotakis addresses the voters of New Democracy, Mr. Tsipras addresses the voters of SYRIZA. Mr. Mitsotakis said he did not want any cooperation, but only self-confidence. This is his agenda. Mr. Tsipras insists that SYRIZA be the first party. I pledge to the new PASOK voters and say: “Those who will vote for us vote for PASOK to carry out its agenda. If he is strong, this is the first step. The second step is whether program convergence is possible. If these conditions are not met, we will remain in opposition. PASOK is a useful party, whether in government or in opposition, because it is a programmatic, social democratic party, and it will only enter government debates on programmatic terms.”

“We are not all the same. This is my message to the Greek people. I am not a populist and I do not exploit the fear of the people. Mr. Mitsotakis says: “Everyone will forgive me, because if not me, then Tsipras.” No, do not forgive any of them anything “They did a lot of damage. The country needs to turn the page,” Mr. Androulakis said, insisting on his position on how Mr. Mitsotakis and Tsipras ruled and were tried.

“I’m from the coast, who wants something different for the country”

When asked about the case of Eva Kylie, Nikos Androulakis stressed that he removed it as soon as it became known about her arrest for the scandal with Qatargate. “At present, there is no chance that there will be no shadow left in the new efforts that we are making,” and he asked Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Alexis Tsipras if they show the same reflexes towards Mr. Dimitriadis, Mr. Pacis and Mr. well dad.

“We leave all this because we are part of them or because we are not part of them and have a different idea of ​​​​politics and morality, we directly cut the umbilical cord. I think that my actions and course showed that I am from the coast, who wants something different for the country from all these phenomena,” Mr. Androulakis added.

Regarding the illegal surveillance scandal, he said that “Mr. Mitsotakis’s guilt is proved by his desperate efforts to cover up this scandal”, and noted that the government, by letter from State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, refuses to meet with the members of the LIBE human rights committee of the European Parliament come to our country.

^{Source: APE-MEB}