The father of a Tempi train crash victim, Panos Routsis, announced a nightly protest in the form of a vigil at Syntagma Square, declaring that “the fight is not over”. His statement came amid fears that the names of the victims might be erased following a recent parliamentary amendment concerning the Monument of the Unknown Soldier.
“The Monument of the Unknown Soldier is a symbol of memory and honour for those who were unjustly lost. The children of Tempi belong to that memory. Instead of erasing their names, they should make sure it never happens again. I fear they will erase them,” Routsis told MEGA.
He added that “in recent days, there have been efforts to remove the children from the group ‘Mechri Telous’ (‘Until the End’). From today, I will be at Syntagma, and I call on everyone who supported me to stand together, because we owe it to the children we lost. What they are doing is an act of revenge, and it will not pass. I will be at Syntagma every night, exactly where my child’s name was written in red paint.”
The Routsis Syntagma protest has drawn renewed attention to the ongoing public anger over the Tempi disaster and the continuing demand for accountability.
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