Greece’s transport minister resigns every week after a passenger pushed off a ferry ramp drowns

Greece’s transport minister resigned Monday over the dying of a person who was pushed off a ferry ramp by a crew member after arriving late.

A Greek prosecutor introduced felony fees in opposition to the captain of the island ferry and three crew members over the encounter that resulted within the Sept. 5 drowning of Andonis Kargiotis, 36. One crew member faces a cost of murder with attainable intent.

Newbie video posted on-line confirmed the passenger working onto the Blue Horizon ferry’s loading ramp because the ship had solid off its moorings and was about to depart. He tried to push previous two crew members after which was pushed off the ramp when he tried once more.

“Nobody can think about that Greek sailors, violating the age-old guidelines for the safety of human life at sea, pushed and deserted an unlucky younger man,” Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Coverage Miltiadis Varvitsiotis wrote in an internet submit after submitting his resignation.

Political opponents had accused Varvitsiotis, 54, of initially downplaying the ferry incident. He turned maritime minister after Greece’s conservative authorities received a landslide reelection victory in June.

Christos Stylianides, a former Greek Cupboard member accountable for catastrophe response, was named as his substitute Monday.

Regardless of its convincing election victory three months in the past, the Greek authorities has discovered itself on the defensive over its dealing with of main wildfires and ongoing large floods this summer season.