“The main respect for the people we have lost is respect for the truth,” his press office said in a statement. SYRIZA-PScommenting on the press conference given earlier by the Minister of State, also in charge of infrastructure and transport, Giorgos Gerapetritis.

According to Koumunduru, “Mr. Gerapetritis today once again tried to either hide the truth or distort it.”

In detail the points that SYRIZA comments on the statements of Herapetritis

• “He said that the local remote control center in Larissa was working normally.

Who is telling the truth?

The Minister or yesterday’s official message from the OSE, which literally stated: “After the July 2019 fire in the Zahari Larisa area, cables and equipment were destroyed, and the remote control of Larisa completely failed and was abolished.” .

• He said that all electronic systems at the Larisa station were working normally.

Who is telling the truth?

Minister or audio and video documents that show that the previous train of the fateful train is also put on the wrong line, and the stationmaster says that “the key was blinking”, that is, the indicator on the control panel was blinking for minutes. before the accident, so the board was a problem?

• He said that the infamous contract Samaras-Chrysochoidis, 717, was fulfilled by the SYRIZA government by 30%, while his own government reached 70%.

Who is telling the truth?

Minister or official ERGOSE official reports, according to which 68% of all signaling work under the contract was completed in September 2018?

• He said that the necessary verification of the problematic contract 717, as well as the process of compulsory verification of the Accounts Chamber and the EDL, took place after 2019.

Who is telling the truth?

Minister or official evidence that all this was done and completed before July 2019, when the Consortium submitted studies signed in accordance with the requirements of the EDEL audit, and now the project could be completed, during 2020?

So, a critical unanswered question: what prevented the signing of an additional contract from July 2019 to May 2021?

• He said there would be a small contract extension.

Who is telling the truth?

A minister who talks about a “small delay”, or the official figures proving that his government has already given not one, not two, but 4 delays from May 21 to today? Thus, the “small expansion” that will exist will be the fifth under the Mitsotakis administration.

• He said that the safety valve of the secondary control room on Carolow Street could not have prevented the accident.

Who is telling the truth?

The minister or dozens of high-ranking TRAINOSE and OSE officials who publicly testify that he could have prevented this, but the secondary control center is completely non-functional since 2020, since after the removal of TRAINOSE there is no way to cross-check the movement of trains in the national network.

• He said the OSE was understaffed, but the ND government had recruited.

Who is telling the truth?

Minister, or official data that shows that under SYRIZA in 2018, OSE had 1,122 employees, as well as an additional 224 employees with individual contracts from ASEP for cleaning and security, and in 2022 there are fewer than 750 employees?

Finally, the worst thing is:

• The Minister stated three times that he did not understand the issue of the Agreement between the Greek government and TRAINOSE, which the ND government put to a vote in Parliament and in which, in connection with the previous memorandum of cooperation between the two parties, again ND, they transferred approximately 600 million to a private company, at the same time, the public commitment to complete signaling and network remote control projects that existed in the memorandum of cooperation disappeared.

We are sure that Mr. Gerapetritis understood the question without difficulty. There’s just no answer. He could admit it.

Because critical questions require honest answers. And his presence today has confirmed that no one can trust the government of Mr. Mitsotakis anymore.

The people we have unjustly lost, their families, the Greek society demand the truth.

No more set-offs, no more hiding”concludes the official opposition party.