Government clashes with former PM Tsipras over Tempe crash exhumations

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The authorities and erstwhile premier curate Alexis Tsipras exchanged barbs connected Thursday implicit the exhumation of victims of the Tempe railway disaster.

Tsipras issued a statement successful support of Panos Ruci, an Albanian nationalist presently connected a hunger strike successful Syntagma Square, protesting the rejection by judicial authorities of his petition to exhume the remains of his son, Denis, for recognition and to find the origin of death.

“The prohibition connected exhuming their children to behaviour an probe is, by its very nature, yet different effort to hide the truth. The petition of Panos Ruci is conscionable and indispensable beryllium fulfilled,” Tsipras said.

The erstwhile SYRIZA person besides accused the authorities of hypocrisy and of interfering successful the judiciary, peculiarly successful its handling of the Tempe case.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis responded successful an interrogation with Action 24 TV, accusing Tsipras of failing to grasp the conception of separation of powers.

“The premier curate does not understand that successful a ideology with separation of powers, interference successful the judiciary is forbidden,” Marinakis said, besides criticizing Tsipras for allegedly interfering successful judicial decisions during his clip successful office.

Fifty-seven radical – including respective university students – died connected the nighttime of February 28, 2023, when a rider train and a freight train collided head-on astatine precocious speed successful Tempe Valley, cardinal Greece.