The former mayor rejected responsibilities to the Municipal Authority for infrastructure projects that were interrupted on Streff’s hill
About the “need to boost policing” and “installation of cameras throughout the capital” in order to prevent abusive behaviors and stimulating the sense of security of the citizens, the opposition leader in the Municipal Council of Athens, former mayor, spoke. Kostas Bakoyannisto SKAI PP SKAI 100.3
Mr Bakoyannis expressed his concern about the phenomena of lawlessness, delinquency and violence that occur in many areas of the capital, especially in the center and in areas such as Gyzi, Kypseli and Exarchiastressing that citizens do not feel safe because of the lack of adequate policing.
At the same time, he rejected responsibilities to the Municipal Authority for infrastructure projects that were interrupted on Streff’s hill and conveyed the indignation of the locals (as he typically said), which remains without electricity and protective grids for a year and a half. The former mayor spoke of “Non -completion of important infrastructure in the area that results in a sense of general insecurity for residents.”
Restoration of a sense of security can only be a priority in a municipality and is the responsibility of the municipal authority through “an organized plan and work” to create an environment that will discourage offenses, the former mayor stressed, insisting on “the need for the” police “.
“However, there can be a police officer in every corner” He said characteristically. “We need cameras everywhere in the city.”
Mr Bakoyannis brought examples of European cities where the installation of cameras has helped to effectively prevent delinquency. “There is no European city that has no cameras,” he said, adding that it is a Municipal Authority’s job to make sure that cameras are installed in an effort to improve public security.