The President of Patras was visited by the President of the Rear, Alexis Grace referring to a large ‘destruction».
«The destruction [αφορά] In businesses, in agricultural crops and of course in the Achaia region. And it must be clear to everyone that we are not dealing with a fire in remote settlements. We are dealing with a fire that burns and districts of the urban fabric of the third largest city of Greece, Patras“He said, adding that” the situation is very difficult. “
«First of all, I would like to say a big “thank you” to all the people who are currently operating in the field, to the firefighters, the seasonal firefighters, to the volunteers, to all those who give the big, unequal battle against the fire to save the area, to save the area.“, He noted and continued:
«And of course power and courage to the residents who see, as I was informed recently, an unprecedented situation that the Achaia region has not experienced before.».
«But what happens is not bad time, it is not our bad fate. It is a matter of political choices. It is a matter of political choices that the government has chosen April to expel 600 experienced seasonal firefighters. It is a matter of political choices that it has not secured a new Canadair by 2028. It is a matter of political choices that the recovery fund went to private contractors rather than infrastructure support and resilience projects“, He stressed, adding that”We must finally answer strategic questions».
Specifically, he said: ‘Questions related to the role of the state in these difficult conditions of climate crisis, which have to do with whether a model of development, which is focused on the mining, which exacerbates and exacerbating the phenomena and effects of climate crisis, are something that is the future of the region. Questions that have to do with whether we will support the durability, whether we will support firefighting, supporting civil protection or investing in the coming years only in over -armaments, as the Mitsotakis government does in the coming years.».
«So I think we must finally look at things. We are in a very difficult, in a very harsh reality. The country needs oxygen and this oxygen cannot be as long as the burnt government is in place, the Mitsotakis government“, He concluded.