Greek Prime Minister Reshuffles In The Middle Of Mass Protests Over Deadly Train Accidents

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis/PHOTO via Instagram @kyriakos_

JAKARTA - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce a cabinet reshuffle in the coming days.

The reshuffle was carried out following mass protests over a deadly train accident in 2023. Mitsotakis is expected to replace finance minister Kostis Hatzidakis, four officials reported by Reuters on Thursday, March 13.

Transport Minister Christos Staikores will also resign and a deputy minister will likely be assigned to oversee Greek railway reforms, one official said.

The cabinet reshuffle, which is expected to take place on Saturday, comes weeks after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets demanding justice for Greece's worst rail disaster, which killed 57 people, most of whom were students.

It was Greece's biggest protest over the years and has rocked the right-right government of Mitsotakis, which has slumped in opinion polls.

Last week the government survived a motion of not believing the matter.

Pemerintah berjanji untuk mereformasi perkalapan ketika memenangkan pemilihan ulang pada tahun 2023, setelah kecelakaan itu, tetapi kejutannya lambat.

The safety gap that caused the accident has not been repaired for two years, according to a state investigation last month, and no one has yet been convicted of the accident.

Separate legal investigations are ongoing and are expected to be completed this year.