Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was not alone in the debate on the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tempe disaster, as evidenced by the image of parliament and the empty seats of New Democrat MPs.
Unlike the opposition benches, Approximately 20 MPs out of 158 were found in “blue” seats It is with the ruling majority.
Let's explain this picture One is to ignore social outrage As the government handled the case, Or a message of “reluctance” to MPs To “step into law” to support a decision exclusively authorized by New Democracy in the Commission of Inquiry.
A decision that reminds us of how No responsibilities have been given to any ministerThe “legitimization” of this decision is precisely based on this parliamentary majority.
Magis Voritis
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The picture remained the same in government seats as well. Where is there? Makis Voridis found himself alone, to support the claims of the Govt. We remind you that the Minister of State is informally tasked with “representing” the Prime Minister in Parliament when he chooses not to attend meetings.
In his intervention – immediately after the speech of the President of PASOK, Nikos Androlakis, Makis Voridis He was one of the 3 MPs who defended government posts in the Tempe tragedy. Along with the ND's rapporteur on the Selection Committee, Lazaros Tsavdaridis and Chairman of the Selection CommitteeDimitris Markopoulos.
At his intervention, the Minister of State He denied there was a government cover-up. argued that a committee was set up to investigate the accident from the beginning, while the government's investigation began and “In parliament we accepted the proposal to establish a commission of inquiry, which was voted for by all but PASOK”. Emphasize Majority refused to set up a pre-trial panel Examines implementation of Convention 717 on Remote Control and Signalling “Public Accounting Issues in Implementing Agreement 717” Not the charges related to murder and obstruction of traffic.
Further, Condemned the entire opposition Tempe noted that he was talking about not calling witnesses to the commission of inquiry, saying there was basically insufficient evidence. “Here you are ignorant of the guilt of the ministers. How is this possible since there is no evidence and we covered it up?”
Finally, he noted Collection of manuscripts To boost immunity and recommend Costas A's test. Karamanlis said this would require a review of the constitution and the removal of the Ministerial Accountability Act. Actually calling Syriza at that time “You did a constitutional review in SYRIZA in 2019 and I don't see you proposing to repeal Article 86” It provides for this special procedure.
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