The Municipality of Athens issued an announcement regarding the matter that has arisen regarding the appointment of Andreas G. Papandreou to the position of managing director of the National Garden. As he states, this is not an appointment by the mayor Haris Doukas, but a decision by a large majority of the Municipal Council, while he even speaks of “character assassination”.

Initially, the announcement emphasizes: “Some, once again, hastened to draw arbitrary conclusions. The mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, never appointed Andreas G. Papandreou as managing director of the National Garden.

The members of the Board of Directors of the National Garden were approved, by a large majority, by the Municipal Council (39 members of the Municipal Council from 4 municipal factions voted in favor, while there were 2 abstentions and only one negative vote). Andreas G. Papandreou, therefore, is a simple, unpaid member of the Board of Directors of the National Garden”.

He adds: “Everyone, even the simple, unpaid members of the Board of Directors, will be rigorously evaluated for their work. However, no one should be judged, in advance, based on their name or origin. No one is allowed to ‘kill’ characters’.