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IF ONLY THE RIGHT PEOPLE WERE IN CHARGE · penna!

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: How hard it is to wait, how hard it is to share in the feelings of a bereaved relative, to know the truth really, to lose hope, and yet to keep waiting.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: Helpless.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: The urge to scatter earth over a loved one, a longing to say goodbye.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Philo Jet's most recent technical inspection was carried out in Turkey, on june second, in Tashuju, by Turk Loidu.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: The certificate was issued there too.
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  SPEAKER_00: The ship's owner is a company with links to Turkey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of the people we have lost were citizens of the Republic of Turkey.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: For this reason it seems inevitable that part of the investigation will take place in Turkey.
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  SPEAKER_00: What did Turk Loidu inspect?
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  SPEAKER_00: Which technical reports confirmed the vessel's suitability for passenger transport?
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: All the documents must be brought to light.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: Where indeed are the owners of this company?
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: Do they have nothing to say?
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  SPEAKER_00: From the perspective of Cyprus, the responsible authority is the Ministry of Transport.
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  SPEAKER_00: A voyage permit had been issued and its departure from the port had been approved.
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  SPEAKER_00: It would also be unfair to place the entire burden of responsibility solely on the Minister of Transport.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Then there is the government, supposedly.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is actually a matter of governance, a reality of mismanagement, a state of collapse of the status quo.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: Another day has passed, still no resignation.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: How many days left until the election?
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: He'll be enjoying his official seat for another three months at most.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: His private chauffeur, the protocol.
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  SPEAKER_00: At most another three months.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps he still has matters to attend to.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: What comes next is not a political career.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a matter of dignity.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: We didn't get to this point in a single day.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: They have eroded the public sector's institutional capacity over the years.
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  SPEAKER_00: In senior management they have consistently prioritized loyalty over knowledge, partisanship over experience, and obedience over competence.
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  SPEAKER_00: They have drained the institutions of their memory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Solemnity has been lost.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: Then we entrusted our lives to these institutions, to these people.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: A man loses a party congress, but he can still become prime minister.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: An MP is making laws for this country with a degree from a university he claims he never attended.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: That fraudulent university is founded by yet another national MP.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: We won't let them touch it, they say.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: Just think, the captain's degree is now under scrutiny.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: Yet those who say they'll investigate this have their own circles tainted by the very same degree scandal.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Minister of Transport steps forward and says If I end up being included amongst those to be held responsible, I too shall resign if necessary.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: If necessary one can't help but ask, when exactly will it be necessary?
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  SPEAKER_00: There used to be a committee overseeing ships flying the TRNC flag and those arriving at ports.
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  SPEAKER_00: It assessed the working conditions and safety of the vessels.
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  SPEAKER_00: This committee hasn't been operational for three, four, perhaps five years.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one has been appointed to replace those who have retired.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: When there's a lack of oversight, it becomes easier for substandard vessels to operate.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: This is the assessment of captain and expert Ulus Koker.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is that not enough reason for it to be necessary?
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: Resignation is also a matter of high political culture.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not just a crate of tomatoes and watermelons.
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  SPEAKER_00: It happens in developed democracies.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a sign of civilization, in other words.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or else, a silo collapses, a young worker dies and no one is held accountable.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: A baby dies, alcohol is mixed into their formula and no one is held accountable.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: A ship sinks, and no one is held accountable.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: In a country of political irresponsibility, expecting a resignation is truly the height of folly.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: A state of utter lack of will.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: Those who have shielded this dirty, mediocre, deceitful partnership are also clear.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: Now they're being booed side by side.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps for the first time, the public's anger is breaching the protective wall they've built.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: This is an immense pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Immeasurable, indescribable.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: Our throats are choked with knots.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: One is at a loss for what to write, what to say, but it is precisely now that we must demand accountability.
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_00: If the right people had been governing the country on both sides of the sea, poverty would not be a fate at the bottom of the sea.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_00: At the time this article was updated, Erhan Arikla was still the Minister of Transport.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_00: Unal Ustell, announced as Prime Minister, removed him from office.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_00: Arickla has got what he deserved.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_00: Is Ustell a hero now?
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  SPEAKER_00: Source If the right people were in charge.