Apologies that « show » Karamanlis
Apocalyptic about the role and omissions of the political leadership of the Ministry of Transport, which appears to have been fully aware of the situation of the rail network and the dangers for its safety, are the apologies of the two prosecutors of the Ministry in the Epistis – Special Investigator Sotiris Sotiris Minister of Transport, as evidenced by the material of the case file already in the House.
The two defendants, after the examination of which were essentially paved the way for the investigation of any criminal liability for the former Transport Minister Costa Ah. Karamanlisapologized with multi -page memoirs – about 100 pages each – and entered critical, as it turned out, documents. In their apologies, they denied any of their own responsibility, and with specific evidence they wanted to show two things in detail: First, the leadership of the Ministry of Transport in an unsuspecting time, long before the tragic railway accident, had been informed about the gaps and the shortcomings and the shortcomings. Reaction. «
Thus, now, the study of the case files and the evaluation of the content of the documents that have reached the House will also determine the field of searching for any criminal responsibility for the former Minister of Transport as well as the investigated offense, if they will be the same felony of the security. positions.
The apologetic memos of the two ministry executives show: First, that the leadership of the Ministry of Transport, long before Tempi, had been informed of the gaps on the railway and, secondly, that despite repeated updates, there was « zero reaction »
In a document dated 7 May 2021 and first recipient by then Transport Minister Costas Ah. Karamanlis, the then President and CEO of OSE informed the political leadership with data on the necessity of the urgent process
The contents of the apologies show that both defendants show as responsible for the omissions, which are causally linked to the Tempe case, the political leadership of the Ministry of Transport, which, although it was legally available to take any necessary measures for the necessary measures for the action. Tragedy. For this reason, in addition, on the basis of their own apologies and documents submitted, the investigator forwarded the case file to Parliament, marking proceedings at parliamentary and judicial level.
« The need to hire human resources in OSE is immediate and imperative. Its delay is burdened by the already existing issue of proper operation and mainly security of the Greek rail network. Consequently, its achievement should be launched by rapid exemption procedures from the ASEP procedure and an amendment similar to those of OSY and STASY and in any case be completed before October 31 of this year, « as explicitly stated in a document dated 7 May 2021 and the first recipient. Karamanlis. Indeed, the sender of the document in question, as is clear from the official document of the case file, is the then President and CEO of OSE, who in his duties informed the political leadership with evidence of the necessity of the urgent process of Human Resources.
It is also noteworthy that in the same document, which had preceded the information notes that were sent to the political leadership a few months later, in September 2021, other issues were raised other than the safety of the rail network. This was stated, inter alia: « In addition to security issues, the recruitment of the proposed staff will lead to improved services and network returns. Indicatively, it is stated that if the proposal is implemented in full and regardless of the completion of infrastructure projects on the network, the Athens -Thessaloniki route within one year of the recruitment of the recruitment will be reduced from 4 hours and 15 minutes today in 3 hours and 40 minutes, while increasing it. On the contrary, if this request is not implemented, it is assumed that the Agency will lead to further reduction in routes due to a reduction in capacity, with negative effects on boosting freight and passenger transport. «
In addition, they set specific conditions for staff recruitment, but they were never done. « If these recruitments are implemented, the procedure must be launched by the organization itself in order to take the following characteristics seriously:
n Locality of employees in relation to the needs.
n age of workers.
n training of workers.
n employee work capacity. » And they concluded that « in the event that the above criteria are not taken into account the effectiveness of the project is doubted. »
Despite the… Wall of Silence, the services continued to inform the political leadership that was legally responsible for changing the data in the operation of the Railway Network.
As « TA NEWS » wrote, the Rail Transport Directorate had drawn two information notes to the then political leadership of the ministry, which had exposed the problems of OSE funding and reduced staff as well as the dangers potentially both of these factors could cause. However, none of these information notes directly to political leadership, with the first recipient of then -Minister of Transport Costas Ah. Karamanlis, there was no reaction.
