Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis has announced his resignation following a fatal train collision that occurred in the country on Tuesday, state public broadcaster ERT reported. The accident that killed at least 36 people.
Greece’s rail system “is not up to 21st century standards,” Karamanlis said in his resignation speech.
“It is a fact that we received the Greek railway system in a state that is not up to the standards of the 21st century”, he said, adding that, in the last three and a half years, the government “has made every effort to improve this reality”.
“Unfortunately, our efforts were not enough to prevent such a serious incident. And this is very heavy for all of us and for me personally, ”she added.
I hand in my resignation as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. It is what I feel it is my responsibility to do as a minimum sign of respect for the memory of people who died so unjustly.
Source: CNN Brasil
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