A war of announcements and government leaks prevails over the revelations of the “Vima tis Kyriaki” newspaper about the Tempe railway tragedy and the altered conversations of the station master.
It is recalled that “Vima tis Kyriaki” reveals falsified conversations of the station master, illegally “rooted” from the OSE's communications recording system, just hours after the Tempe tragedy, through the analysis of the specific four words of the dialogue in question on the night of February 28.
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Editing in Tempe – What Vima reveals about the conversations on the fateful night
“Santa, am I leaving?”. “You're leaving, you're leaving.” It was only a few hours after the collision of the two trains in Tempi when the audio files with the conversations of the Larissa station master were made public.
As “To Vima” reveals, the train driver who addressed “Vasilis” to receive the “green light” to depart was not that of the fatal train, as it had been claimed at the time, but of a local route. Who is behind the editing of the station master's conversations and what could have been the purpose of stitching the two different conversations apart from strengthening the human error argument.
Read the full report here.As it appears from newer documents of the Forensic Laboratories of EL.AS, presented by the newspaper, the station master's suggestion for a train to depart in the supposed “wrong direction” did not refer to the fatal train – as was presented on March 1 in a edited audio document – but that of a local train that moved normally.
Government sources, commenting on the revelations, emphasized that “the Justice has in its hands the proper material to conduct its investigation in an efficient manner”.
At the same time, they argue that no one questions the extent of “human error” and launch accusations of “attempting to instrumentalize human suffering”.
In detail what government sources report:
< p>“1. The truth is that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of the Hellenic Police has forwarded to the investigative authorities the complete set of audio recordings of the OSE since 02/03/2023. Therefore, the Justice has in its hands the actual material to conduct its investigation in an efficient manner in search of the truth. The fact of non-alteration is also recognized in the Vima publication itself despite its misleading title.
2. The proof that there was no attempt at state “editing” is the fact that many media outlets (among them the public ERT) presented a report a year ago, that is on 03/04/2023, in which it was mentioned that in the conversations that were made public there was also another person.
3. Regarding the dimension of “human error”, no one disputes it, as the station master himself has officially taken responsibility for his actions. Therefore he himself has acknowledged the existence of “human error”. From then on, the judiciary is investigating all other aspects of the tragic accident. What is the reason that this particular newspaper opens such an issue, while all sides have agreed on it?
4. It is now obvious that the attempt to instrumentalize human suffering, by creating impressions based on a de facto lie, aims to destabilize and return the country to the period of toxicity and hatred. This attempt will not pass. Let's let justice do its job impartially and objectively”.
ND: The tactic of misleading headlines to create impressions is extremely dangerous
The government representative and Deputy Minister in addition to the Prime Minister, Pavlos Marinakis, said for his part about the newspaper's revelations “that in such moments, respect for the truth, honesty in mourning and trust in the independent Justice is required from everyone”, while the ND argued that “the tactic of misleading titles to create impressions is extremely dangerous”.
“The allegedly terrible revelation of Sunday's Step, which it “clothed” with the misleading and false title of editing and cover-up, has been made since March 4, 2023 by the state-owned ERT and many other media”, the press office's relevant announcement points out of New Democracy.
He then added that “the police responded, making it clear that all the audio material was given to the prosecution authorities straight from the start. It is precisely this material that forms the basis of the investigation and prosecutions that have already been carried out by the Court. While pieces of this material have also played in the media of the group that feeds via fake news conspiracy scenarios for a case that has hurt every Greek man and every Greek woman!” headlines to create impressions is extremely dangerous, when some people use it on the backs of people in pain rather wretchedly”. SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance raising questions to the government about the newspaper's revelations.
As SYRIZA – PS emphasizes, “not even the sickest mind could conceive such a scenario, no matter how hard Mr. P. Marinakis tried to throw the ball on the platform”.
At the same time, the official opposition party asks “who, when and by whose order he stitched together sentences (editing) from consecutive conversations he had on the night of the accident”, and “who, when and by whose order he altered and falsified evidence, with the aim of hiding government responsibilities and misleading citizens?' but also, as a postscript, “how and by what process did the government become aware of inaccessible elements of the criminal case file?”.
Detailed announcement of SYRIZA – PS:
“The new revelations about the attempt to cover up the crime of Tempe by the government of New Democracy, which are published today in Vima of Kyriaki, cause disgust.
Even the sickest mind could not conceive such a scenario and no matter how much Mr. P. Marinakis tried to “throw the ball to the platform” (once again), the questions about the falsified data remain unanswered. After all, he himself – more or less – essentially confirmed the content of the publication.
New Democracy continues to turn a blind eye. He pretends he doesn't know anything about editing or editing. It pretends not to see the responsibilities of its ministers and executives, while at the same time it accuses SYRIZA of inciting violence.
The newspaper article presents evidence from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, which proves that there was “stitching” of conversations, with the obvious purpose of reinforcing the government's narrative of human error alone.
The questions to the government of the so-called elites are relentlessly:
1) Who, when and by whose order stitched together phrases (edited) from consecutive conversations that the station master had on the night of the accident with two different train drivers, so that it would appear that the Tempe tragedy was caused solely by human error?
< p>2) Who, when and on whose orders altered and falsified evidence, with the aim of hiding the government's responsibilities and misleading the citizens?
It is now clear that in this case the “taint” , mentioned by the government spokesman, is not the reports, but the multiple attempts to cover up the government-ordered crime.
PS: How and by what process did the government become aware of inaccessible elements of the criminal case file?”
PASOK: The newspaper's revelations are chilling and infuriating
He started the reactions yesterday Saturday PASOK – KINAL stated in a statement that “another confirmation of the government's sick pattern of “cover-up, corruption and impunity” results from the publication of the Sunday newspaper To Vima”.
“The newspaper's revelations that a few hours after the tragedy someone broke into the OSE, illegally removed the audio of the station master's conversations, hacked and leaked the altered dialogues to the media to support the government's narrative of human error alone are chilling and infuriating. . According to the newspaper, the reported smuggling arrived with a stick at EL.AS. on March 3, 2023 by an employee of the OSE without following the prescribed procedure, which a high-ranking official of the OSE falsely described to the investigation committee as having taken place”, noted PASOK – KINAL.
Concluding PASOK – KINAL emphasized that “covering up the truth about the crime in Tempe was from the beginning the only concern of the government. Masks drop daily. PASOK – Movement for Change – as the first to submit a documented proposal for the establishment of a preliminary investigation committee based on the conclusion of the European Public Prosecutor's Office – will continue the fight for justice”.
KKE: How did the “moderators” get into the hands specific elements
The KKE, commenting on the revelations of the newspaper, stated that “the publication of “Vima tis Kyriaki”, which refers to the falsification of evidence of the crime of Tempe in order to strengthen from the first moment the government's theory of “human error”, refers directly to another cover-up attempt. The questions about how, by whom and on whose orders this falsification was made, but also how the specific elements reached the hands of the “moderators” require immediate and clear answers”.
He finally added that “no cover-up attempt will prevent the truth from coming to light”.
New Left: All for one goal, to keep the New Democracy in power
From on its own side, the New Left, through the press representative of Kostis Karpozilos, emphasized that everything is being done “in the service of the theory of human error”.
As Kostis Karpozilos said in a post on X, “a cover-up. All in the service of the theory of human error. All based on the logic that society will forget. All for one goal: to keep New Democracy in power. This government insults us. Every day. From the first day. It doesn't go any further”.
Today, the head of the New Left's polar planning Gavriil Sakellaridis returned to the newspaper's revelations, stressing that “today's publication of Vimas about cutting and sewing in the transcripts of the Larissa station master with drivers of different trains, in order to strengthen the government's communication narrative of an exclusively “human error” shocks”.
What does EL.AS say about the revelations
On the occasion of the front page of the newspaper “To Vima tis Kyriakis”, the headquarters of EL.AS issued a statement with which announces an information note from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations regarding the management of the audio files from the recording of the conversations at the Larissa railway station on the day of the tragic accident in Tempi.
The announcement of the Hellenic Police states the following:
“Regarding an article in the newspaper “To BIMA tis Kyriakis” concerning the accident in Tempe, the Headquarters of the Hellenic Police announces an information note from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, according to which:
– From the file kept in our Service it appears that with the no. 90111942 document from 2-3-2023 electronic files were sent with recordings of conversations concerning the Radio Telephone, the GSM-R System and the fixed telephone line of SS Larissa, in a portable storage device (USB), from the IT Maintenance Department of Systems and Electrification of the OSE at the Larissa Traffic Department. They were then presented to the aforementioned Police Service on 3-3-2023 and confiscated on 4-3-2023. They were then sent to our Service with the no. 1019/21/1-ria, from 14-3-2023 reference, in execution of the order from 9-3-2023 of the C Investigative Department of the Court of First Instance of Larisa.
– Our Service prepared the no. 3022/21/8623-a΄from 22-3-2023 laboratory expert report in which hundreds of files were extracted accompanied by their technical characteristics such as date of creation, modification, size and alphanumeric identification, etc. It is noted that, among these files, the configuration audio files (.wav) named 'CH1_000003e3_443.wav' and 'CH1_000003e4_443.wav' are included. The files in question were stored on a digital medium in the form of appendices that accompanied the relevant report.
– For the case in question, other laboratory expert reports have been carried out, following relevant orders.
– It is noted that our Service did not make a transcript of the case in question”.
First Issue for Tempi: We made journalistic disclosures with eighty items. Justice will find the rest
On the occasion of publications and announcements by the government, ELAS and opposition parties regarding the recorded conversations from the Tempe accident, we clarify the following:
The First Topic in those days was the first to publish legally recorded conversations of the protagonists of the tragic accident that shocked the whole world.
Our trial revelations were all followed without exception by the Media and some of them even enriched and expanded them with equally shocking reports, new audio documents and evidence.
So we did our journalistic work as always.
We brought to light a shocking report from the critical moments of the nightmarish night in Tempi. Just as it emerged from the official recorded long-hour conversations that the fatal protagonists of the tragedy had with each other, who, after all, confessed from the night of the accident to the competent authorities (station master Vassilis Samaras' apology to the investigator on 4-3-2023).
The rest is the work of the Judiciary which received the files with the intercoms from the competent authorities (ELAS) and certainly not from the media.
At the same time the First Topic with dozens of reports from then until today it has highlighted, in addition to the pile of criminal human errors of that black night, the tragic incompetence of governments, in terms of ensuring automatic safety systems on trains (ETS convention 717). That's all for now.
Sources: in.gr, protothema.gr, tovimaa.gr
