A series of recorded telephone conversations brings to the surface an organized private interesting system in exchange for financial or other rewards in the Rhodes Building Service. Behind the technical terms, administrative decisions and urban licenses, a system of informal “partnerships” is revealed that – as they all show – has been operating for a long time.

The aspect revealed by dimokratiki He focuses on an architect engineer, a senior official of the Rhodes Building Service and a specific hotel investment on the island, while talks include suspicion of suspicion …

The talks included in the Official Analysis Report of the EYP and are already used in judicial investigations, illuminate aspects of the case that reveal a well -established service system – in exchange for seemingly, “potatoes”.

The wave of complaints

In this case, a large number of citizens, neighbors and interested persons filed complaints, applications and out -of -court.

These actions make up the time of an administrative destabilization. Specifically:

1. 1310/7-4-2022-Report on general issues of legitimacy.

2. 1014/22-3-2023-Repeat complaint.

3. 5146/15-12-2023-Extraordinary statement, with reference to urban violations and damage to neighboring property.

4. 114/11-1-2024-Complaint that characterizes a building permit as a false, with references to unpaid contributions. The complaint is notified to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, DOU, EFKA, Municipality, Police.

5. 541/14-2-2024-Application for distances, height and green coverage.

6. 1257/1-4-2024-Application for scaffolding from a shop yard.

7. 1293/4-4-2024-Complaint and request for a license file.

8. 1704/13-5-2024-Extraordinary statement with detailed knowledge of administrative correspondence and threats to appeal to justice.

9. 1747/15-5-2024-Application for the audit of administrative act.

10. 1972/31-5-2024-request by a hotel business for completion of a building.

11. 2212/13-6-2024-Complaint of not imputing all arbitrators.

12. 2215/13-6-2024-Repeat complaint, with similar content.

13. 2418/28-6-2024-Complaint of illegal hotel operation, notified to EOT.

14. 2428/1-7-2024-Final application for interruption, with an earlier report.

According to their content, citizens’ complaints detect technical, institutional and legal issues. Some are unclear, others fully designed, and some are formulated by professionals or lawyers. However, the peculiarity of the case lies in what the actions of YOME intensified immediately after the complaint of 11/1/2024, which promoted its letter to all competent authorities.

This was considered “unjustified to suspicious” and the reaction of the service is considered excessive, based on what is essentially anonymous.

The plethora of applications, the range of technical points, and the excellent precision of some complaints, shows that there are guidance or support from a professional who appears fully up -to -date on the administrative data of the case and correspondence.

The “sacks” and doses: The code of a transaction

“We will give tomorrow the potatoes we have made … I will not give him the whole sack,” the architect says in his telephone conversation. With these phrases – or not – describes a method of payment in “installments”, which is directly linked to the issuance of a urban document that is expected to allow the continued work of a hotel whose license was suspended.

In another passage, he adds: “1/3 today, after five days of 1/3, after ten days the rest.” His interlocutor agrees, enhancing the impression that this system is well known and functional.

Pressure to officials – “I can’t do it, I’m afraid”

At the same time, its officials Town planning appear to be under constant pressure. Characteristic is the dialogue between two female service executives:

“I’m not even unconscious, but I can’t do it, I’m afraid … He uses morality, that ‘I’m your friend, don’t let me go,'” says one, referring to the architect who demanded the removal of work for the hotel.

She adds in despair: “I also have K. to swell me …”, stating that she can no longer withstand the pressure, at the same time describing an environment of fear and uncertainty, where decisions are made “with a heavy heart”.

“Plaka’s license” and the paper that “didn’t like”

In a conversation a few days later, the architect states: “They gave me a paper plate there, but it does that too.” A few hours later, however, it seems that this “paper” did not like the investor. “The paper wasn’t so good,” the architect transfers, revealing the frustration of the other side he was expecting … something more.
His interlocutor, in a revealing phrase, adds: “Why don’t they do what they need? So, don’t say, “consciously avoiding numbers or specific amounts.

A counterbalance -free system

The internal deterioration of the officials themselves, the embarrassment, the implicit acceptance and the attempt to “settle” things without formal procedures reveal a problem that goes beyond the moral dimension: Public administration appears to operate under blackmailing, addictions.

The phrase that comes back in several conversations, “we cannot get into trouble”, reflects the basic anxiety of employees – not for legality, but to avoid consequences.

Conclusions: Town Planning as a service mechanism?

The scandal in Rhodes is not just a case of “bad practice”. Dialogues reveal the operation of an informal but organized private service service system in exchange for money or “benefits”. A system in which the papers are issued not by law, but of understanding. Where the pressures become “emotional” and “friendly”, but the price is state: the credibility of public administration.

Judicial investigation is continuing. The elements are many, the documents are revealing. But the question remains: how deep does the sepsis get?