On the streets came the residents of Ano Patision, residing near the old factory of the artisan, where a large fire broke out on April 1.

Residents are demanding that the space be cleaned from the property, to take security measures and the area to pass to the Municipality of Athens in order to implement the planning to become a green space and a school facility.

The protest rally, which was given by hundreds of people, took place on Sunday afternoon -while, a few hours earlier, Sunday morning a new small outbreak was erupted in the creation, with the Fire Brigade sending three vehicles. Once again – as on the night of the fire – most of them argued that the fire started with arson, by people and interests who want to exploit the area of ​​existence, “lifting” apartment buildings or even shopping centers.

“The mobilization had the occasion of the great fire on April 1st. It was not the first in the area, three other fires had been preceded in recent weeks. The flames licking the balconies, the firefighters had entered the pilots“Says Haris Vourdoubas, a municipal councilor with the People’s Coalition and a resident of the area.

As he says, ‘The bottom line is that we are talking about a place that is claimed by residents to become a green and leisure place for many years. And of course there is the adjacent plot that had been expropriated by the building infrastructure to become a school, a story almost thirty years“

Babis Koklas, a resident and teacher in the area, president of the 3rd ELME Athens, also participated in the gathering.

“Obviously we are scared. It is dangerous for the whole area. Mr Bakoyannis made the containers to house preschool education. Instead of the containers he could not carry and build it in a space that is a space of the KIP, as this space is necessary for both school and for recreation and for sports space in order to breathe the area“He emphasizes.

Haris Vourdoubas noted that hundreds of signatures by residents have already gathered and that the actions will continue in “both to the City Council and the Community Council to increase the pressure and to definitively give a solution“

Nassos Iliopoulos, MP of Athens with the new Left said that “The Ministry of Finance should have already cleaned the space. Within twenty days the residents have lived through three fires. It is inconceivable that such security issues are raised in such a neighborhood as Patisia. The space must be granted and made green as the original design was. There is not a single square meter of free space in Athens. We do not have the luxury to be lost, nor to become apartment buildings“

For her part, Theodora Tzakri, a member of the Republic of the Movement, stressed that “When there is an abandoned industry in the urban fabric, it is already a fireplace and a fireplace, then we realize that it is a bomb building. In any case, we are talking about a place where land uses must be developed for the benefit of the locals and not to the benefit of state bureaucracy. Residents want to grant the plot to the municipality, they want part of the buildings to host a modern, decentralized cultural structure, and part of the plot to become a park, a recreation area for young people and locals”