‘I want justice to be attributed’ – Karystianos to Times

For the rage prevailing in Greece after the conflict of train Tempiwrite the Sunday Times, while hosting statements by Maria Karystianou who lost her daughter her daughter, Marti and was one of the 57 victims.

« Two years after the ‘concealment’ of the railway disaster, Greece is more angry than ever, » is the title of the publication.

The well -known medium characterizes the country as one of the most corrupt in Europe.

Journalist Peter Conrandi tells Maria Karystianou that it is a leading form of the movement that has erupted, while describing the shock she experienced when the audio documentary from Intercity 62 was revealed.

Until then, Maria Karystianou believed that her daughter had died instantly, as the Greek authorities had confirmed.

However, in the audio documentary, Marty’s girlfriend Francesca was heard.

« I heard her talk to my daughter, saying: ‘Marty, we will die, I love you’, » Maria Karystianou told the journalist, while sitting in her apartment on the fourth floor of a apartment building in Thessaloniki, overlooking the Aegean Sea.

Francesca in another part of the extract said: « We don’t have oxygen. »

« For three horrible minutes Marti was alive with her girlfriend, » Maria Karystianou added. « The recordings showed that people were not only alive, but were conscious and could talk about what was happening to them, » he noted.

A few minutes later, the two girls died of the fire that broke out, with the report referring to the firefighters created.

When Maria Karystianou was called three days later to recognize Marti, her daughter’s body had burned so badly that she was unrecognizable, the report said.

For friends and relatives of the victims, the confusion about how their loved ones died is just one of the unanswered questions that seem to have increased after the disaster – for everything, from the lack of basic security procedures to the almost inappropriate rush with which the authorities can clean the space,

The report adds that « such questions exert pressure on Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the center -right prime minister, who was first elected in 2019 and won the absolute majority four months after the disaster, mainly thanks to his success to restore the Greek economy. »

The Sunday Times emphasizes that recent polls have shown that seven in ten in Greece – including a major minority of New Democracy supporters – believe that the government is guilty of covering up the fundamental cause of the disaster.

The report then refers to the magnificent rally and strike of February 28, to the role of the Association of Relative Victims in Tempi and the signatures to punish the culprits.

The Sunday Times then references to the bomb attack on the offices of the Hellenic Train, which was responsible for the organization of revolutionary class self -defense.

« The disaster was, in a tragic way, an accident that was expected to happen, » said Vasilis Doussas, a partner of the German Marshall Fund thought tank, who is watching Greek affairs.

« Greece’s rail infrastructure was underfunded, inadequate – and sometimes inappropriate – staffed and outdated, with problems for which successive governments had been warned, but did very little to deal with them, » he added.

However, the Mitsotakis government, he argues, « made things worse with its handling of the accident.

At first it appeared to blame the responsibility solely on human error, ignoring the deeper structural and systemic weaknesses, and then it appeared to « degrade the issue, leaving room for the accusations of concealment to gain ground ».

Doussa sees parallels with the fire at the Grendel Pyrgos in West London in June 2017, in which 72 people died.

« As in Grendel, people saw themselves in the families of the victims, » ​​he added. « Mourning loved ones whose loss seemed deeply personal, a tragedy that could have happened to anyone, » he noted.

Following the report, the Sunday Times refers to the causes of the conflict and how the government’s narrative of human error collapsed.

Soon details began to be revealed that turned the destruction into a symbol of what many Greeks perceive as long -term systemic failures in security and accountability, the well -known medium notes.

The country is often characterized as one of the most corrupt in the European Union, with customer relations being a special problem, it is stressed. Confidence in the legal system and the media is low. « Of course it was an accident, but it was an accident that could be avoided, » said Maria Karystianou.

Source: Sunday Times

The Sunday Times report also references to Vassilis Kokotsakis’ report on behalf of the relatives of the victims, according to which fireplaces were caused by flammable materials that were transported to the commercial train and were not declared.

Their presence would also explain Francesca’s complaint about the lack of oxygen, a phrase that has become a slogan on the lips of the protesters, as the Sunday Times notes.

For the resignations of government officials

There has not been a date for the trial of those who are accused of disaster responsibility yet, although the heads of those involved in the investigation have already begun to fall, the report is stressed.

Kostas Karamanlis, the Minister of Transport, who boasted in parliament just days before the Hellenic Railway Security accident, resigned quickly. He was followed last month by Christos Triantopoulos, Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, and Vassilis Papageorgiou, Secretary General of Civil Protection, who resigned from their respective positions. All three have denied any infringement, the Sunday Times writes.

The attacks on Maria Karystianou

Maria Karystianou continues her efforts, says the well -known medium, despite the fierce attacks on social media, who believes they are orchestrated by the New Democracy to defame her.

It also rejects the accusations that it intends to use its newly acquired promotion to launch a political career.

« We are against politicians, so we are facing an unjust struggle, because in Greece politicians are never guilty of anything, and this is the big problem, » he said. « I just want justice to be attributed and be sure that this will never happen again. I know this would like my daughter too, « he concluded.