Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a package of measures for public security while speaking at the Vellideo conference center in the context of the 87th International Exhibition of Thessaloniki.

The prime minister spoke of a carnage that eats away at the essence of trust.

“We oppose equality to injustice. I am not talking about things that will happen, but about things that are already happening. We started from Mykonos, the first fines fell on big businesses. It is a new movement, the movement of everyday life with rules”, stressed Mr. Mitsotakis.

“I know that as long as we touch the problems they will show us their teeth” he noted, while he said that the big problem cannot be used as an alibi for tolerance of the small.

“In the next month, 2,500 ELAS executives will be released from guarding public figures. First of my own safety. I feel sorry for businessmen and other actors, from now on let them finance their own protection”, announced the Prime Minister.

Mr. Mitsotakis also spoke about the implementation of the sentences and about quick decisions of the justice system.

“We are also opening a front with the few lawyers and judges who are delaying the delivery of justice,” he said, among other things.

Detailed measures to strengthen public safety

– The extension of the fence in Evros continues and will be completed

– Within the next month, 2,500 police officers will be released from guarding public figures. The Prime Minister’s security is halved. This will also apply to Ministers, MPs and officials. Businessmen and other actors will finance their own protection

– With targeted interventions in the Criminal Code, offenders of “minor” crimes that cost lives and property will be able to be imprisoned by the first court decision

– Application of penalties. Sentenced to 15 years, he will no longer be released in 5

– Acceleration in the delivery of Justice, with measures such as the establishment of the one and only postponement of trials and the digitization of procedures