PASOK president Nikos Androulakis submitted a request for a pre-scheduled debate in the Parliament on the devastating fires that hit Attica on Wednesday in a letter to the president of the Parliament Konstantinos Tasoula

“For one more year, our country was faced with devastating fires even a few kilometers from the center of Athens with a tragic outcome. One woman lost her life, tens of thousands of acres of burnt land, huge ecological disaster, loss of property for hundreds of our fellow citizens” notes Nikos Androulakis.

“The big fires of the previous years, especially last year, where more than 1,747,730 acres were reduced to ashes with their devastating effects on the natural environment of the country and our fellow citizens, proved to have taught nothing to the Government of the New Democracy. The state apparatus proved to be unjustifiably unprepared again this year. The fire reached inside Athens, leading to loss of life, destroying residences, businesses and burning one of the remaining green lungs of Attica, further burdening the quality of air and life in the closed city” emphasizes the president of PASOK.

“The prime minister can no longer hide behind the inadequacies of his ministers. The responsibility for the staff mess of his governments is solely and entirely his own. The time has come for him to explain to the Parliament and the Greek people. For these reasons, we request, in accordance with article 143 of the Civil Code, that a debate be held immediately before the order of the day in the Plenary of the Parliament on the recent catastrophic fires, their consequences for the residents and the affected areas, the planning for the restoration of the economic and social of life in these areas, the absence of effective plans to prevent and deal with forest fires and the urgent changes to the civil protection system so that it becomes operational and effective with the development of modern plans that will respond to the new data of climate change” says Mr. Androulakis. .

Read in detail the letter of N. Androulakis