Commenting on the announcement of the SYRIZA MPs, Stavros Arachovitis, Olympias Teligioridou and Costas Zachariadis who characterize the new law 4830/2021 for the welfare of pets as “inapplicable”, the Deputy Minister of Interior emphasizes that “in SYRIZA time is out of place and refers to the interventions for the implementation of the new framework.
The Ministry of Interior is currently making a number of interventions for the implementation of the new framework for the welfare of pets, according to a response by the Deputy Minister of Interior, Stelios Petsas to a statement by SYRIZA on the occasion of an amendment on the owner’s obligation to neuter or to send a sample of genetic material.
Commenting on the announcement of the SYRIZA MPs, Stavros Arachovitis, Olympias Teligioridou and Costas Zachariadis who characterize the new law 4830/2021 for the welfare of pets as “inapplicable”, Mr. Petsas emphasizes that “in SYRIZA it is out of place and time” refers to the interventions for the implementation of the new framework.
It refers in particular to the financing, totaling 45 million euros to the Municipalities, for infrastructure and sterilization of the homeless, in the publication of the JMC for the National Register of Pet Animals and the issuance of the other relevant secondary legislation, the relevant circular as well as all relevant with the implementation of the new law other actions.
Regarding the amendment, Mr. Petsas notes that he states what is true: obviously the obligation to send genetic material to the Laboratory of Conservation and Analysis of Pet Material Genetic Material, which will operate at the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Academy, is valid. that the sample can be sent.
In a joint statement, the three members of the opposition stated that “the indefinite extension given to the time of commencement of the obligation of the owner of a dominant pet to sterilize or to send a sample of genetic material (DNA) to the laboratory for storage and analysis of genetic material and the imposition of the corresponding fines for violators, is the essential self-repeal of the law and the acknowledgment of the failure of the government to implement the laws that it passes “.
According to the Deputy Minister of Interior, “SYRIZA deliberately conceals that, with this amendment, the application of the law in all its provisions and its mandatory observance is confirmed. In fact, thanks to this amendment, the hands of animal welfare associations that perform titanic work are freed – which can not depend on the operation of the National Register, which necessarily requires time in view of the selection of the contractor in terms of transparency and legality.
Concluding, Mr. Petsas emphasizes that “at the Ministry of Interior we will not watch the descent of the official opposition for micropolitical expediencies. With the establishment of the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Pets, we accelerate the monitoring and strict implementation of the regulatory framework, created by Law 4830/2021 and remain unwaveringly committed to the pre-election commitment of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. “No stray animals, no abused animals” “.
