“The Region of Attica must be assertive and liked by the citizens, not by the parties and governments with which its administrations were aligned until now”, he emphasized speaking to ERT the candidate regional governor of Attica, Giorgos Ioakeimidis.

He pointed out that despite the crucial role of the Region in the daily lives of the citizens of Attica, the institution has not yet found its way, with the result that “citizens feel it is a stranger, not even knowing its responsibilities”.

The head of the “Attic Circle of Cooperation and Trust” reminded that is elected mayor of Renti-Nicaia for 29 years with a percentage of 65%, proving in practice what independence of Self-Government means while “his regional faction has the same supra-party character”.

In terms the huge problem of garbage, George Ioakeimidis sounded the alarm, saying that the Tribe has only 1.5 years to live, and that “the Patoulis administration has done nothing to prepare for the next day as today we had to recycle 900,000 tons of garbage and we only recycle 150,000” .

For the second major problem of Attica, trafficG. Ioakeimidis underlined that it is necessary to create a Single Metropolitan Agency for the road network and traffic, as is the case in many European countries, noting that “the multiple division of responsibilities between municipalities, the Region, the central government and the OECD creates confusion and leads to ineffective piecemeal approaches.

Especially for Kifissos which “has developed into a hoarse for the residents of Attica”, the candidate regional governor of Attica, underlined the necessity of a combination of immediate interventions and long-term changes to improve the situation pointing out that “the outgoing administration of the Attica Region has not even done a study on Kifissos”.