Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis sharply criticized the person of the Freedom Sail party, Zoe Konstantopoulou, stating that it was helium who was the archetypal to publically warn: the person was allegedly not funny successful holding a trial successful the lawsuit of the Tempi tragedy.
During a vigor interrogation connected the greeting of Holy Wednesday, April 8, Georgiadis said that helium had agelong pointed retired the relation of Konstantopoulou successful the probe of the train accident, and now, according to him, akin assessments are opening to beryllium heard from different participants successful the process.
“I spoke astir it first”
According to the minister, it was helium who was the archetypal to openly declare that the president “Pλεύση Ελευθερίας” (“Freedom Sail“) allegedly trying to forestall a afloat trial.
“I clashed with Konstantopoulou much than anyone else. Wasn’t I the archetypal to accidental that she has an involvement successful not having a trial? Wasn’t that why she insulted me?”said Georgiadis.
He besides recalled that there had antecedently been large clashes betwixt them successful parliament, accompanied by communal accusations and affectional squabbles.
Minister: Now others are talking astir it too
Georgiadis noted that his presumption is allegedly opening to find confirmation from different participants successful the nationalist discussion.
In particular, helium referred to:
- representatives of the judicial community;
- relatives of some of the victims;
- recent nationalist statements by lawyers and experts.
“Now the judges are successful struggle with her? Now the parents of the different victims are revealing her role? Now everyone says that I was right.”“, the curate emphasized.
Konstantopoulou said astir the pressure
Zoe Konstantopoulou herself recovered herself astatine the halfway of different nationalist struggle connected the aforesaid day. getting into a heated statement unrecorded connected a TV transmission OPEN with big Nikos Stravelakis.
During the interview, the statement rapidly escalated:
- the writer demanded that the person “take his words back”;
- Konstantopoulou accused her interlocutor of bias;
- the broadcast was accompanied by communal interruptions.
During the conflict, the section “Freedom Sail” stated:
“I americium attacked from everywhere, wherever I go.”
Editorial comment
The Tempi lawsuit has agelong ceased to beryllium an exclusively ineligible process and has yet go 1 of the cardinal governmental fronts of modern Greece. Each caller stage of the probe is accompanied by large accusations, communal attacks and attempts by various governmental forces to use the tragedy for their ain agenda.
Against this background, nationalist treatment is progressively shifting from the question “who is to blame” to the question “who is trying to gain much governmental points connected the topic.” And the longer such nationalist conflicts continue, the stronger society gets the content that astir the lawsuit there is nary longer lone a struggle for justice, but besides a struggle for power implicit the very nationalist cognition of the tragedy.
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