In his regular Sunday post, Mitsotakis spoke of a ‘serious coordination problem’ and ‘poor organisation’, focusing on failures in entry control and the management of the hundreds of attendees, despite the fact that, as he said, the facilities had been built specifically for this trial and were among the most modern in Europe.
Turning to the trial in Larissa, Mitsotakis said it had already begun in fulfilment of ‘the self-evident duty of everyone towards the truth and the memory of the victims: that justice be served to those responsible for the tragic accident. And that our country never experiences such a drama again.’
He insisted that the timely start of the proceedings was the crucial issue, ‘and not, unfortunately, the images of poor organisation on the first day’.
‘Because, indeed, there was a serious coordination problem both in the entry control and in the arrangement of the hundreds of attendees in the hall,’ he wrote.
He added that these failures ‘must have been overcome by 1 April’ and that from that point on ‘everything must run smoothly’.
At the same time, the prime minister said the government should not provide ‘unnecessary reasons to those who want to delay or even cancel the trial’, nor ‘hypocritical arguments to those who, for their own reasons, seek to divert public interest elsewhere’.
He also referred to the position taken by judges’ associations, saying they had already denounced such attempts.
‘Our obligation now is one: to let justice function freely and away from political expediency. With a common goal to bring out the truth. And for the case to be fully clarified, so that the answers due to society and, above all, to the families of the victims can be given,’ Mitsotakis wrote.
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