He characterized them as a tool Minister’s announcements Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis for the disarmament of Crete, the judicial editor Ioanna Mandrouspeaking to Alpha Radio 98,9 and them Takis Hatzi and Athenais Nega underlining that it is not possible with a law to change a mindset that has been ingrained for years. He also estimated that if the number of weapons in certain areas of Crete reaches 600,000, it will be extremely difficult to hand them all over, “some weapons will be handed over but all are ruled out, when we talk about 600,000 weapons what are we talking about?” police operations will work to a certain extent but they are not permanent measures,” he stressed.
According to Mrs. Mandrou, the police presence will also work in favor of limiting the use of weapons, as an organized crime directorate is established on the island”, the tightening of the law on the carrying of weapons and the use of weapons, which is now turned into a felony, which also provides for a prison sentence for offenders, while the new framework gives the prosecutor the right, if there is a risk of a vendetta or fight, to prohibit traffic, to order the surrender of weapons and many more.
A very important initiative, as described by Mrs. Mandrou, is the fact that the public space expandsessentially banning “balothies” at weddings and festivals, “until today it was allowed as the festival and wedding in your yard is not considered a public space,” he clarified.
End for her criminal treatment of detainees he said that the judiciary “deals with them in terms of cold-blooded murders and not with the moral background of the region” although, as noted by Mrs. Mandrou, “the judicial authorities that serve in Crete do not function exactly like elsewhere, this climate of peculiar mentality of the island also affects the exercise of judicial function”, she emphasized.
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