Specifically, Mr. Romanos mentions that “the mayor of Athens, who is never in his city, should first deal with the basics of his Municipality, lest, for a start, he collects any garbage. Next, let him drop the temperature of Athens by 5 degrees, as he had promised before the election. After all this, we are ready to listen carefully to his proposals for civil protection as well.”
Doukas: “The climate crisis can no longer “wash away” the incompetence and inefficiency of the “staff” state”
“The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis “managed” to make the unthinkable happen: A forest fire burns houses, squares and a school within an urban fabric, culminating in mourning the loss of a human life.
Attica burned for the third time in the five years of ND rule, with the flames reaching only a few kilometers from the center of Athens. And all this despite the heroic and superhuman efforts made by the firefighters, the police, the people of the municipalities and the volunteers” says the mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, in a statement and adds:
“There are no more excuses. The climate crisis can no longer “wash away” the incompetence and inefficiency of the “staff” state. Planning, coordination and adequate means to shield the country are absent. Hard proof that the absorption of funds from the Recovery Fund for Civil Protection barely touched 1% at the end of March. The anxious question of the citizens “where is the state?” has only one answer for this disaster: Absence and incompetence of the “excellent””.
“We want and can overturn this destructive policy for the natural environment and our lives” emphasizes X. Doukas and concludes his statement:
“We obviously need an emphasis on prevention by strengthening the Civil Protection system, with decentralization, coordination and modernization of all means, utilizing the resources of the Recovery Fund. With a new Forestry Service model, with substantial reinforcement in resources and personnel, with basic tools such as forest maps and basic spatial plans for critical economic activities.
First of all, however, political will is needed. We must say “end of an era”. And to think again, to plan how we will preserve our forests and woodlands, protecting our cities, in a new era dominated by the effects of the climate crisis. We can.”
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