Infrastructure & Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned on Wednesday, after the fatal train crash at Tempi, ANA reports.
In his statement, Karamanlis said that “I feel it is my duty [to step down], and a minimal gesture of respect to the memory of the people who perished so unfairly, and to take responsibility for the long-standing errors of the Greek state and the political system.”
“It is a fact that we inherited the Greek railway [from the previous government] in a condition incompatible with 21st century standards,” he added and continued to say that “in these 3.5 years, we made every effort to improve this reality. Unfortunately, these efforts were not enough to prevent such an accident, and this is very heavy for all of us, and for me personally.”
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