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PM launches political counter-offensive amidst popular unrest, charges of Tempe cover-up

PM launches political counter-offensive amidst popular unrest, charges of Tempe cover-up

Hellenic Shipping News

In a no-holds-barred interview with the centre-right daily Kathimerini published today,

In a no-holds-barred interview with the centre-right daily Kathimerini published today, the PM blasts opposition parties for allegedly attempting to exploit the popular outrage for petty partisan gain.

Mitsotakis maintains that critics of the government’s handling of the tragedy are undermining state institutions, with recent strong criticism of the judiciary’s handling of the case in his opinion being a prime example of a fuelling of distrust of the entire political system, which he said can lead to the implementation of the “law of the jungle” in the country.

Polls: judiciary, government not doing enough

Yet, it is not only the opposition and the association of victim’s families that have cast grave doubts about the determination of the government and the judiciary to get to the bottom of the case and rapidly mete out justice.

In a 30 January MRB survey conducted just days after the enormous demonstrations, a whopping 77.5 percent of respondents said that the judiciary is not doing all it can (57 percent said “certainly not” and 17 percent “probably not”) to fully shed light on the affair.

There was even greater doubt (81 percent of respondents) that the government is doing all it can.

Indeed, two years

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