After the train accident, the Prime Minister announced the election
A train crash that killed 57 people on February 28 sparked outrage in Greece, with tens of thousands of people on the streets.
Greece was already entering the pre-election period when the wiretapping scandal erupted last summer.
AFP
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced Tuesday evening that general elections will be held in May, three weeks after a train crash that sparked protests against his government, without specifying an exact date.
“I can say with certainty that there will be an election in May,” the leader of the conservative New Democracy party told private television, Alba, after the February 28 train crash that killed 57 people. A country with tens of thousands of people on the streets.
The Conservative government’s term of nearly four years expires in early July, according to the constitution. According to several media outlets, the government had originally planned to hold elections in April, but two trains collided head-on, the country’s worst train accident, shocking Greece and forcing the government to revise its plans.
Management is considered a disaster
The accident was attributed primarily to the station master on duty that evening. A case was registered against him and he was imprisoned. But experts and the media point to the responsibilities of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government, which has been unable to deal with the railway’s chronic failures for four years.
Shocked by the administration’s perceived disaster of the conflict, the prime minister promised “complete transparency” in the judicial inquiry. Greece was already entering the pre-election period when the wiretapping scandal erupted last summer, dealing a severe blow to the government. Left-wing opposition parties continue to demand the government’s resignation and early elections.
AFP
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