Change of baton in the presidency of the Central Union of Chambers. THE Giannis Chatzitheodosiou, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce resigned today from the presidency of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece. The position of president is taken by Giannis Masoutis.
Specifically, in his statement, Mr. Hatzitheodosiou states the following:
“I am leaving the position of the president of KEEE having a clear conscience that I have done my duty in full. Something that many presidents of Chambers have recognized and I thank them. Now, the battle for the rights of small and medium-sized businesses and the development prospects they must acquire, I will fight every day from the position of president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce.
Today, a coup d’etat took place, methodized by extra-institutional centers of power, which, with a brutal intervention inside the KEEE, coordinated my overthrow. Almost 6 months after the unfortunate death of Konstantinos Michalos and my unanimous election as president of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece, some ‘willing’ members of the Administrative Committee raised the issue of my replacement. This is something that has never happened before in the history of the Chamber institution.
It is worth noting that all this time any decisions on actions of the KEEE had been taken unanimously.
Obviously my public interventions in support of the country’s businesses, at a time when business is affected by the constant price increases and the economic consequences of the pandemic, were deemed disturbing. Some would prefer at this critical time for the KEEE not to express the positions of the Chambers and their members and to remain in silence. Not to be ruthless, without participation in extra-institutional and micropolitical gimmicks, always at the service of all the companies of the country, but to become a meek instrument of some government agents.
Let Mr. Bratakos explain to us what exactly was discussed last night at the offices of EVEA between him, the 7 members of the Board of Directors of KEEE who sign the proposal for my replacement, the Director of KEEE and its legal advisor? Since when has the president of EVEA been dealing with the internal affairs of KEEE? Is this a crude intervention aimed at replacing me?
Maybe things would have turned out differently if I had been more ‘quiet’ and less assertive. But in my life I have never had such dilemmas. I have always sought to be helpful and not necessarily pleasant. To speak with deeds and not to be satisfied with the formal obligations of a ‘yes man’. I leave this role to others.
I am leaving the position of the president of KEEE having a clear conscience that I have done my duty in full. Something that many presidents of Chambers have recognized and I thank them. Now, the battle for the rights of small and medium-sized businesses and the development prospects they must acquire, I will fight every day from the position of president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce “.
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