The floor plan of the courtroom for the Tempi trial was published by the Committee of Independent Experts for the Families (EDAPO), analyzing how nearly two-thirds of the available space “disappeared.”
As stated in their post, which is accompanied by the official site plan, “the hall at the GAIOPOLIS conference center is a large open space of approximately 735 square meters.”
Of this space: 45 sq. m. are designated as a “Police area,” 54 sq. m. as a “witness area,” 50 sq. m. as a “lawyers’ area,” 155 sq. m. as “judges’ deliberation rooms,” and 145 sq. m. as auxiliary spaces, namely the “foyer,” “transcription area,” and “technical rooms.”
This leaves 284 sq. m. (main hall), which must accommodate, among others, the defendants, witnesses, as well as the hundreds of victims’ relatives and survivors who wish to attend the trial.
The area allocated for relatives and survivors (150 seats) is located in a completely separate space from the main hall, EDAPO comments.
“Clearly, all of the above are considered more important to be inside the courtroom, so that there is no room for the relatives and survivors. The space designated for relatives and survivors (150 seats) is on the lower floor, in an area entirely unrelated to the main hall,” EDAPO concludes.
In a statement, the Association of Relatives of Tempi Victims denounces that the government “continues the mockery and deception,” emphasizing “the images of overcrowding, lawyers without desks, and the insult to the memory of our dead.”
They speak of last-minute, makeshift preparation, despite the fact that three years had passed and all data were available (number of parties involved, lawyers, defendants, etc.).
Source: Εφ.Συν.
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