Dozens of universities throughout Greece have been occupied this Wednesday by students demanding justice for the railway accident that left 57 dead a week ago, mostly young university students, and protesting against the conservative government, which they blame for the lack of security in the railway "We will overthrow you", "Assassins", can be read on a giant banner that university students hung on the facade of the Rectorate of the University of Athens.
Faculties of several universities in the main cities of the country have been occupied, while thousands of people are expected to attend today's strike demonstrations throughout Greece. The Hellenic country is experiencing a 24-hour general strike in the public sector this Wednesday, with a large mobilization in the capital, but also in the city of Thessaloniki, the final destination of the damaged train.
The labor strike, called by ADEDI, the union of public officials, has been joined by maritime and urban transport workers, as well as doctors, teachers and actors, who in turn join the railway employees, who have entered on their eighth consecutive day of strike to demand the modernization of the country's railways. The capital has woken up today without metro, buses, trolleybuses and trams. In addition, in the port of Piraeus, next to Athens, there are no boats or ferries.
In the call, published in a statement, ADEDI specified that the officials demand "that the privatization policies end" in the railway sector and "the true responsibilities for the homicidal crime be purged." In this way he was alluding to the biggest railway accident in the history of Greece, a frontal collision of two trains that on March 1 caused 57 deaths and dozens of injuries, mostly young students.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted on Sunday the lack of security measures and automated control systems on the rail network and asked for "a great forgiveness" from all Greeks.
