The main opposition New Democracy party criticized a government news conference on Thursday night where not one word of apology was heard. “This government has just added unbridled cheek to its abject failure in protecting lives and people’s property,” said New Democracy spokeswoman Maria Spyraki. The left-led government defended itself, saying there had been no time to evacuate people because the blaze spread very quickly. Tsipras has not been seen in public since Tuesday, when he declared the three days of national mourning for the dead. “No one came here to apologize, to submit his resignation, no one.”Toskas said he had offered his resignation but Tsipras rejected it.

Source: Standard Digital July 27, 2018 12:00 UTC