Ballot draw for Tempe Special Court: 13 regular members and prosecutor for Triantopoulos trial
The Parliament plenary completed the ballot draw for the Special Court that will try Christos Triantopoulos for interference at the site of the Tempe railway disaster.
Special Court constituted for Triantopoulos trial in Tempe case
In a special session of the Parliament plenary, the ballot draw was completed for the constitution of the Special Court that will hear the case of Christos Triantopoulos regarding interference at the site of the Tempe railway disaster. According to To Vima, the 13 regular and six substitute members were selected, as well as the prosecutor of the bench and her deputy. The President of the Court of Cassation receives the results of the ballot draw from Parliament.
Members from the Court of Cassation
From the list of 39 judges of the Court of Cassation, the following were drawn as regular members: Apostolos Photopoulos, Panagiotis Boltetzos, Styliani Bleta, Maria Yiannakopoulou, Alkestis Sianou, Georgios Papageorgiu and Maria Archontaki Travlou Tzanetatou. As substitute members were selected Iphigenia Matsouka, Maria Petsali and Erasmia Liouli.
Members from the Council of State
From the list of 34 judges of the Council of State, the following were drawn as regular members: Dimitrios Tomaras, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis, Eustathia Skoura, Konstantia Lazaraki, Aikaterini Roxana and Anastasia-Maria Papadimitriou. As substitute members were drawn Marina Alexandra Tsakali, Ilias Mazos and Ioannis Papagiannis.
The prosecutor of the bench
Anna Kalouta will serve as prosecutor of the Special Court, with Eustathia Kapagiannis as her deputy.
The presidency of the court is assumed by the judge of the Court of Cassation with the highest rank among those drawn, whilst among those of equal rank the most senior takes precedence.
Next steps — when the trial date is set
With the completion of the ballot draw, the way is opened for determining the trial date. After receiving the minutes from Parliament, the president of the Special Court will issue a decree setting the trial date, the venue of the proceedings and the witnesses. The trial is scheduled within 40 to 60 days from the issuance of this decree.
The indictment and the involved persons
The case concerns the charge of breach of duty, at the level of a misdemeanour, for the reshaping of the landscape at the site of the Tempe railway disaster. Along with former Deputy Minister Triantopoulos, four other persons have been referred to the Special Court: the then Regional Governor of Thessaly Kostas Agorastos, former General Secretary of Civil Protection Vassilis Papageorgiu, Agapios Charakopulos from the Hellenic Police and Evangelos Falaras from the Fire Service.
Christos Triantopoulos denies the charge and states that his innocence will be proved in court.
Source: To Vima