The President of the New Left visited the industrial area of Patras
The President of the New Left visited the industrial area of Patras, Alexis Haritsis referring to a great “disaster”.
‘The disaster [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 neighborhoods 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 Fire Brigade workers, the seasonal firefighters, to the volunteers, to all those who give the big, unequal battle against the fire to save the place, to save the area,”
“And of course the power and courage for 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’s 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 and not to infrastructure support projects and the resilience of the areas, “he said, adding that” we must finally answer strategic questions “.
Specifically, according to the EIA RES, he said: “Questions related to the role of the state in these difficult climate crisis conditions, which have to do with whether a model of development, which is focused on the extracts, which exacerbate and exacerbate the phenomena and impact of the climate crisis, is something. 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. “
“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 have it while the government of burnt land, the Mitsotakis government, is in its position, “he concluded.