Filed on Monday, July 21, 2025, the plan law of Interior ministry entitled: “Reforming the disciplinary law of public sector officials, establishment of a Greek Center for Experts of Administrative Reforms and other provisions”.
The draft law of the Ministry of the Interior is introduced to the relevant Parliamentary Committee on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
As stated in the explanatory memorandum of the bill, with the assessed arrangements of part A ‘, it is attempted to deal with chronic delays presented in the context of the disciplinary procedure in the general public sector. According to statistics, by December 31, 2024, about two thousand three hundred (2,300) disciplinary cases pending a hundred (100) Primary Disciplinary Boards of the State. In many cases, in fact, completion of the procedures may approach or even exceed five (5) years.
In particular, the basic reason for the delays is found in the way the primary disciplinary councils, which are chaired by judges or prosecutors, whose participation in disciplinary bodies is not essential and main, but parallel. In addition, the current disciplinary procedure presents a series of time -consuming bureaucratic steps. In addition, emphasis is placed on the need to update the provisions of disciplinary law in order to respond to modern data.
Subsequently, the second part of the bill introduces arrangements, which respond to the need to address the country’s extroversion lack of extroversion in the areas of administrative reform and human resources management of the public sector, with the provision of expertise in the European Union and the European Union and the European Union and the Extraordinary Countries. Strengthening our country’s strategic relations with other countries, organizations and bodies, by creating a legal person private law (NPID) with this purpose and mission.
In addition, with the aim of economic and social reinforcement of the Evros region, following the prime minister’s announcements, incentives are provided for employees who will serve in the county – except for the Municipality of Alexandroupolis – with an increased rate of organic positions in order to boost their stay there. As well, there are also specific time frames and transfers, which aim to ensure the constant presence and commitment of employees in the area.
Finally, the possibility of the transfer of officials serving with posting to bodies of the General Government of the Public Sector of para) of Article 14 (1) of Law 4270/2014 to the same reception bodies, where they are already working (except for staff serving in the political offices of party or Members) of services.
Interior Minister Thodoris Lebanese, on the occasion of the submission of this bill, stated: “The reform of disciplinary law for civil servants is a key bill with the aim of faster awarding disciplinary action and the ultimate purpose extroversion and efficiency.
To date, disciplinary councils have been operating with long response times, which in many cases have reached even six years, resulting in disciplinary cases that have been “stunning” for years to be a hindrance to the performance and productivity of the human resources that staff and public services.
The acceleration of the disciplinary procedure is also very important for employees, who should not be confronted with disciplinary procedures, but also for the services where they serve. “
For its part, Deputy Minister of Interior Vivi Charalambogiannis said: “The acceleration and simplification of the process of awarding disciplinary justice, as well as the matching penalties with social reality, constitute the core of the Ministry of Interior’s legislative initiative.
For the first time, the establishment of a new disciplinary council, consisting of 60 officials of the State Legal Council, full and exclusively employed, to modernize the process with the use of high technology, rigorous deadlines, but also enhancement of transparency and accountability.
We are working steadily to rationalize administrative procedures, with a view to providing quality services to the citizen. “