THE Nikos Androulakis Referring to the modern challenges of Local Government that occupied the discussions in Conference of PASOK Change, “We Strengthen Self-Government-We Start for the New Change”he pointed out that the “existential challenge for the country is to build our state on a more solid basis. With justice, participation and durability. “
Objectives argued that it is the persuasive response to major national issue of demographicthe Prevent desolation of our region and villagesthe reduction of huge regional inequalities, improving the quality of life in large urban centers and the prospect of the younger generation, stay in its place and progress.
Added how they would be done not with the ‘Staff’ state which is a laphic state and which is the root of the problem that the utmost advocates NDneither from the enclosed walls of the ministries, nor from the glass rooms of the Counselors of Power. “This start can only be made with strong institutions that will focus on society. One of the most critical institutions that are daily doubly in the citizen is the local government That is why it should become more functional and more powerful, “said PASOK-KINAL president.
He pointed out how Greece in recent decades has been an unequal Greece and PASOK Change wants a multicenter Greece with the preparation and implementation of a state cooperation plan with local government with a vision for a Greece with strong self-government and regional development.
Nikos Androulakis has criticized the ND government, which he has accused of not having the political will because he wants a “staff” rather than a participatory state, facing the recent proposal to change the electoral system to self -government.
“Our position is clear: democracy in self -government is not a management detail. It is an institutional conquest. And we will not let her be demolished by experimentation of party feasibility, “he said.
He also criticized the government that he cares only for relations with oligarchs and local interests and called on the healthy forces of TA to give PASOK the fight against the anxiety, corruption and the state built by the Mitsotakis government.
Explaining PASOK’s proposal further, Mr. Androulakis focused on the institutional empowerment and reconstruction of self -government and regions as investment and productive pillars of:
• Production, on the basis of its comparative advantages: agri -food, green energy, culture, technology.
• Innovation, through collaborations with universities and research institutions.
• Durability, with infrastructure protecting against natural disasters, with energy self -sufficiency and sustainable tourism.
• Social cohesion, with housing, care, integration and participation policies.
“We need a national regional reconstruction plan. And a national priority must be made, not a footnote in a business program.
Our country cannot go ahead with a weak administrative, financially dependent and politically dependent. It cannot go ahead with municipalities that act as beggars, rather than as generals of local development.
• We need strong and financially self -government, with full rendering of the withholding CAPs, and the end of the durability – with a constitutional registration of tax decentralization, with ASEP decentralization. Self -government is not a branch of the central state. It is a political institution of responsibility, planning and implementation.
• We need multilevel governance in practice and not on paper, “he added.
Mr. Androulakis made a more specific reference to the development of the islands and the mountain communities where he noted that Greece on the next day started from the region and pledged that for PASOK their reconstruction is a priority.
“Transparency and meritocracy are a compass of change for us. OPEKEPE’s example shows that the only thing that interests the New Democracy government is the customer state. We believe in decentralization, popular participation, social justice over time. And so we will move on now. With faith, with a plan, with boldness, “he concluded.