The abolition of the law that prohibits recruitment in municipalities, resulting in the existing situation with the strong lack of staff to fail to cover not only the current but mainly the emergencies, such as those caused by today’s bad weather, was requested, inter alia, by mayor Athens Harris Dukespeaking to SKAI TV.
Specifically, Mayor H. Doukas, commenting on the Borides bill and the ban on hiring in municipalities, noted: “The country came out of the memorandums, but we cannot make recruitment. And that means that while many employees leave, we cannot hire young people. So we have to resort to contracts. Also, if a contractor expires, we cannot renew it. And whenever we go to the courts to support, continue for a while, we are in danger of sanctions. For example, the mayor of Agios Dimitrios still has legal adventures from this story. So we are calling for the abolition of the Borides Law, a constant request, not only the mayor of Athens, but the whole of KEDE. It must be abolished to solve our hands, be able to have staff, do not need to continue to do contracts. “
On the lack of staff observed in municipalities in recent years, Haris Doukas emphasized: “The needs are immediate. For example, today we have rain and we need people to be outside and of course we need resources. To say a number. Currently in Athens 20% of the roads have wells and the European average is 40%. We did a study and say that to go from 20% to 40%, which is a European average and a safety index, so that my heart doesn’t get caught every time it rains and I look at it and I go back to see if there is a problem, we need 100 million. We have currently found 1 million for 700 meters in Rizoupoli, which is a very crucial flood protection work, and we are fighting for another 1 million for Cologne, which is also a very critical point. “
Speaking about the works in Queen Olga, the mayor of Athens explained: “North Olga will open anyway. It would never become a pedestrian street. The planning of the Ministry of Culture of the previous Municipal Authority was to create a mild traffic road, but Private. Only some could come in to play tennis on one side, and some to drink a coffee in glamor on the other side, and they would even leave Herod Atticus. So what did we do? We made the sidewalk very big so that one could walk to Zappeion, the road to become multimodal. There are two routes, trams and trolleys, and instead of being a private road, everyone will be able to come in. Why doesn’t this problem? Because this is what the transporters who made measurements say. It’s 6 years. Too much time and money. A story that traps the city and creates a great deal of congestion. “
Finally, regarding the projects in the Botanical and the Panathinaikos Botanical Stadium, the mayor of Athens clarified: “I think he is moving forward at high speed. We have solved all the problems with the amateur. Now the stakes will come in to start the foundation and some earthworks there. We are ongoing alert, meetings are held at the construction site. It is a big project, it has an infrastructure around. I recall: it has expropriations, it has roads, fields. A work that is overall, private and public, is over 500 million, a work of redevelopment that Athens has never seen before for many decades. “