“To put together a national plan to deal with the national risk. And that is a top priority of a progressive government coming into place after the next election.”
In the Draft and Pallini, which were at the front of the devastating fire in the previous days, Alexis Tsipras toured in the morning. He was close to the people who saw their properties destroyed and then had a meeting with the mayor and local agencies.
The president of the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance called on the prime minister to double the compensations to the fire victims, and “to stop triumphantly over the scorched earth”.
The following is the statement of the president of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, to the journalists
“The fires in Attica, in the Peloponnese, in Dadia, in Lesvos, in the whole of Greece, are unfortunately not the last act of an ever-repeating national tragedy.
It is, I fear, perhaps, the last warning to us all. The climate crisis combined with the perennial inadequacy of the state apparatus catastrophically threatens the balance of life and nature.
And no tragedy of the past can be an alibi for the present and the future.
An ominous future for all of us, as year after year things get worse and thousands of acres are burned, nature is destroyed, property is destroyed, life is threatened.
It is necessary to realize that in the face of this national danger, a national plan and national vigilance are needed.
The only thing that is certain is that recognition of the magnitude of the problem and the inability of the state machinery to deal with it is required.
Preparation for dealing with fires is not done in the summer. It takes place in winter. The plan is made in winter.
I will not share today. I will not follow the trodden path of petty political confrontation over the burnt.
But I am calling Mr. Mitsotakis and he will stop triumphantly over the scorched earth.
It takes a plan, it takes vigilance. And above all at this time, with unity and like-mindedness, let us face an ongoing dangerous reality for natural wealth and human life.
The area I visited has over 100 families who are currently out of their homes. Therefore one cannot triumph.
So I invite him to bend over the problems. To feel for those affected and to take care of the fastest possible restoration of the damages they have suffered.
To double the compensations because precision has made any compensations provided for such disasters insufficient.
In the next period, the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance will activate its thousands of members throughout the country in order to help in every dangerous situation. In voluntary groups for the prevention and extinguishing of fires.
It is a national matter to face the danger.
However, the critical thing is to realize the inadequacies and devise a national plan to address the national risk.
And this is the first priority of a progressive government that will come to the place after the next elections”.
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