Six entrances – Tension prevailed both inside the building and outside – Kifisias avenue is closed at this time in the direction to the center – Episode with Zoe Konstantopoulou
Serious incidents involving the use of chemicals, stun grenades and Aura occurred inside and outside the ministry Climate Crisis. Powers of RIOT POLICE they intervened to “break up” the occupation of the building by the seasonal firefighters, who were protesting the end of their contract, while demanding that they be made permanent. From the clashes that took place inside and outside the building, two firefighters were injured, while the police made three arrests.
The seasonal firefighters, despite the expiration of the deadline for evacuating the building, did not retreat, resulting in tension between the MAT who tried to get them out of the building.
The MAT even proceeded to use chemicals. Two firefighters were injured and were taken to the hospital.
The tension was also transferred to the outside of the building.
Kifisias Avenue is closed at this time in the direction to the center.
At the scene is the MP of the New Left, Peti Perkas and the head of the Freedom of Navigation, Zoe Konstantopoulou, who represents the firemen.
It is recalled that hundreds of seasonal firefighters have been holding a protest rally and occupying the said Ministry since the morning, reacting to the termination of their contracts as soon as the fire season ends.
Earlier, a seasonal firefighter had climbed onto the roof of the building and threatened to fall into the void. He was asking for the MAT to leave and for minister Vassilis Kikilias to come in order to discuss their demands. Finally, with the intervention of his colleagues, the firefighter calmed down and the worst was avoided.
With a motto “Disasters are not seasonal“, their main request to the leadership of the ministry is to be recruited to fill some of the 4,000 vacancies that exist in the Fire Department, according to what they report.
From early on, they said that they would remain at the ministry until tomorrow if their demands were not met, while some even set up counter-tents to spend the night there.
Earlier, they were given a deadline of one hour to leave the building, but they say they are adamant. MAT forces who had gathered outside the ministry entered the ministry as soon as the term expired.
Kikilias: Next week the meeting
Vassilis Kikilias announced that next week he will meet with them to discuss their requests.
“As I promised, after the end of the fire fighting I will hold a meeting with the representatives of the seasonal contract firefighters. And this is what I will do next Wednesday 6/11.
At the meeting, we will thoroughly discuss their needs, concerns and concerns, before proceeding to the tender, within the framework of Presidential Decree 36/2019, which, as everyone knows, was passed in 2019 during the SYRIZA government,” said the minister.
Source: Skai
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