Rena Douro’s dismissal from all of them responsibilities attributed by the indictment for the fire to Matithe prosecutor suggested today, judging that the former Regional Governor of Attica had the sole competence in the region, the Marathon Avenue.

The Prosecutor referred extensively to the nine points charged against the accusedexplaining one by one what he himself judges regarding the admissions of the case file.

So among others, he said:

In that he had not provided for the deforestation of the fuel within the jurisdiction of the districtMr. Maniatis said that the only jurisdiction of the District is Marathon Avenue. “It turned out that there were no other areas of special protection within her purview, and that she had taken care of her area of ​​responsibility.”

For the act that sent the prevention projects for 2018 late and the list of available means, the Prosecutor emphasized that the fire prevention planning had progressed and that as of 2/3/2018 he had sent to the decentralized administration of Attica the list of means and persons for issues concerning the disputed projects. There were also the contact details of the district representatives. They were known to the competent prevention bodies of the decentralized administration and, in any case, any delay in sending them did not contribute to the outcome of the fire.

With regard to not providing information to the public, especially vulnerable groups, about the need to take self-protection attributed to the then regional governor, the Prosecutor said that additionally, as defined by the prefecture for self-government bodies, the Region had taken the required actions through messages to the media, information signs on the streets, etc.

Regarding the convening of the Civil Protection Coordinating Body, the public prosecutor emphasized that the regional governor, although there was no valid information from the Fire Department, had called a fire brigade when she received information from the house about the situation after 7.00 in the afternoon of that day.

For the non-decision on organized removal of citizens, the prosecutor emphasized that since there was no recommendation from the Fire Department, the competent bodies of the Region were deprived of the responsibility of making a recommendation. It wasn’t her fault. It is irrelevant to the Region. It would be contra legem to order an organized removal without prior recommendation of the Fire Service.

End, regarding the matter of not declaring the area a state of emergency, Mr. Maniatis emphasized that this action concerns the next year of the disaster and that in any case the declaration or not has absolutely no contribution to the final result.

Earlier, the Prosecutor also requested her dismissal of the then General Secretary of Civil Protection Ioannis Kapakis.