“Now we are managing international crises and we must once again stand up to the circumstances, to protect the weakest,” he said. Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his tour of her island Salamis.
“And now that we are facing this great energy crisis, which I know how much it hurts households and businesses, especially the increases in electricity, I want you to know that we have already done a lot and if necessary we will do even more. “It is the duty of the government to stand by the people, especially when we are facing extreme external crises, such as the one we are facing now,” he said in a conversation with residents of the island, referring to the important problems the government is called upon to manage.
THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis went to the town hall of the island, where he was welcomed by the mayor, George Panagopoulos and participated in a meeting. “Salamina is an island much larger than many of our fellow citizens realize, next to Attica, with significant development potential,” said the Prime Minister, praising the work of economic consolidation achieved in the municipality under difficult conditions.
“The Municipality has joined the program “Antonis Tritsis”. I have seen that important projects have been approved for the island, it is a financial tool that adds very important financial resources to support the local government “, pointed out Kyriakos Mitsotakis, referring to the development potential of the island.
It is noted that the municipality of Salamina after seven years in a state of financial supervision managed to draw up a balanced budget, achieving its financial consolidation. In 2015 it was first municipality of the country that was placed under financial supervision, and according to government sources, with the support of the Ministry of Interior for the last three years and with hard work by the employees, the municipality now officially came out of the supervision regime in 2022 and is economically independent.
In addition, for Salamina EUR 6 million were secured from the “Antonis Tritsis” program, for projects with a significant development and environmental footprint that improve the quality of life of citizens, while the “PhiloDimos II” program has included smaller but important projects with a total budget of about 737 thousand euros.
The meeting at the City Hall was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Interior, in charge of Local Government Affairs, Stelios Petsas, the deputies of B ‘Piraeus of ND, Dimitris Markopoulos and Giannis Tragakis and the secretary of the political committee of New Democracy and president of ONED, Pavlos Marinakis.
The Prime Minister upon his arrival in Salamis from her island Revytousas visited the Monastery of Agia Faneromeni, where he was welcomed by the nuns at the entrance of the monastery and the Abbess guided him to the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior with invaluable paintings by George Mark depicting over 3,600 people. Then Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited and was guided to the house of one of the greatest Greek poets, Angelos Sikelianos.
Next stop is the Day Care Center (KDIF) of the Association of Parents and Friends of the Disabled of Salamis, “Agios Symeon”. This center is visited, approximately daily, by 25 children who attend organized programs of psychiatric supervision, psychological support of occupational therapy, gardening, construction, etc. Kyriakos Mitsotakis was given a tour of the Center, talked to the children and was informed about their actions while discussing with the employees about the problems they face. He was also informed about the study for the expansion of the Center as there are requests for more children. The children offered the Prime Minister Easter candles and gifts they created.
The Prime Minister was welcomed at the entrance of the Center by the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Domna Michailidou, the Secretary General of Social Solidarity and Fight against Poverty, George Stamatis, the Chairman of the Board, Giouli Kaliotis S and
Visit to the Counseling Center for Abused Women in Salamina
Then Kyriakos Mitsotakis went to the Counseling Center for Abused Women in Salamina, where women from Salamina – and not only – resort, seeking help for the issues of domestic violence and abuse they face. The Prime Minister visited the places where the appointments take place, was informed about the mode of operation as well as about the measures taken for the care of abused women, while he discussed with the officials of the center about the important work that is being done. “For a closed society, such as Salamina, a woman wants a lot of courage to come and talk about what she is experiencing in her home. I think that is the huge importance of this infrastructure, for women to know that they have a button from the very difficult to the least difficult and in this way to regain control of their lives. “This work you are doing is great and the numbers are really impressive”, the prime minister noted, among other things.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was welcomed and accompanied during his visit by the Deputy Minister of Interior, in charge of Local Government Affairs, Stelios Petsas, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, in charge of Demographic and Family Policy, the Minister of Social Affairs, Evangelia Lekka, the sociologist, Vassilis Taxopoulos, the social worker, Vivian Sergidis, the psychologist, Anastasia Fasouli and the legal advisor, Sotiria Kamariou.
Finally, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met and talked with New Democracy executives and friends in the presence of the secretary of the New Democracy political committee, Pavlos Marinakis, and the director of the office of the president of ND and organizational secretary, Stelios Kontadakis.
“The key question is whether we will move forward”
“Many important things have been done but the plan of Greece, which I personally envision and I am sure you envision with me, is not a plan that is completed in four years. And the dilemmas that will be raised and which we will have the opportunity to discuss at the Conference, will be very clear. It is no longer the traditional Left-Right dilemmas with which our generation or the generation of our fathers and parents were nurtured. Now the key question is whether we will move forward, whether we will capitalize on the stability we now have as a country or whether we will roll back to a past that I believe we all want to forget. After all, our opponents at their recent conference reminded us of what we escaped. And they made sure to do it in a very brilliant and very documentary way “, noted Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his discussion with the ND executives.
Referring to the forthcoming congress of ND, the Prime Minister said: “I expect a dynamic representation from Salamis, to elect our new bodies, to meet again to take stock of our very important achievements during these 34 months that the citizens have entrusted us with governance. of the country. Let us always speak the language of truth about the great problems we face, but also about the country’s progress towards the future “.
Before leaving for Athens, the Prime Minister made a short stop at the local traditional Cretan bakery “Fragkias”.
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