The Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas<\/b>, has achieved something no one could have imagined: passing a resolution on the squats refugee shelters<\/b> on Alexandras Avenue, which is being celebrated as a historic \u201cvictory\u201d by the very community of squatters<\/b>. <\/p>\n
And how could people not celebrate, when the Municipality<\/b> \u2014with the votes of its own faction and those of \u201cOpen City\u201d\u2014 officially recognized them as an \u201cautonomous entity,\u201d a \u201ccollective social entity,\u201d and an \u201cequal partner in dialogue\u201d<\/b> with a decisive role in the future of the area.<\/p>\n
The issue of the hunger strike<\/b> in Prosfigika managed to bring together a very specific… group<\/b>. In their letter, Akis Dimakopoulos, Vasilis Gonis, as well as the well-known Nikos Maziotis and Dimitris Koufontinas<\/b>, joined forces to demand that the situation not take a fatal turn. One can truly only wonder at the reflexes of Haris Doukas<\/b> and his allies on the City Council, who, in order to flatter the ears of the well-known… \u201ccollectives\u201d<\/b>, are rushing to put a lid on the organized redevelopment plan for the Attica Region and Nikos Hardalias<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The resolution of the Municipality of Athens<\/b> is not merely a step backward; it is an unprecedented institutional… capitulation<\/b>. Mr. Doukas <\/b>called on the Region to suspend implementation of the redevelopment decision, accepted that all squatters will remain in their homes<\/b> (that is, in public buildings currently under occupation<\/b>), and essentially pledged that the Municipality would block any permit or action the State might attempt to restore order in the area<\/b>. <\/p>\n
In simple terms, the mayor of the capital has decided to use his powers not to return the historic buildings to the citizens, but to ensure the status quo of the illegal squats<\/b>.<\/p>\n
At the same time that Mr. Doukas <\/b>discovers \u201cequal partners in dialogue<\/b>\u201d in those who consider public property to be their private fiefdom<\/b>, the government<\/b> of Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> and the Attica Region<\/b> remain steadfastly committed to the rule of law<\/b>, order<\/b> and genuine social policy<\/b>. <\/p>\n
The government\u2019s position is clear:public spaces belong to all Athenians<\/b>, and renovations are carried out in accordance with the law and the public interest, not based on the dictates of the squatters and their supporters<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The attempt by the Prosfigika <\/b> community to portray the government as \u201cstanding alone against the whole of society\u201d<\/b> is the ultimate joke<\/b>. Greek society demands safety, respect for the law, and clean public spaces<\/b>, not \u201cconvenient\u201d alliances between the municipal government and anarchist groups<\/b>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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