Tempe train crash: Opposition MP calls on minister to heed public petition

An opposition lawmaker on Monday called on Interior Minister Niki Kerameus to take steps that would satisfy a public petition for former transport ministers to be prosecuted for the deadly train crash at Tempe last year.

The petition, started on March 23 by the mother of one of the 57 victims of the crash in central Greece, calls for the abolition of immunity for ministers and an inquiry into the role of the ministers responsible for train safety. "The impunity of politicians is not consistent with morality, nor with democracy, virtues of which we are proud," the accompanying text reads. At the time of writing, it had amassed almost 1.3 million signatures.

"The government must respect the wishes of over one million citizens who support the relevant petition of the relatives of the victims," SYRIZA's Vassilis Kokkalis said. But the government must first table an...