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First entry: Monday, December 14, 2020, 11:57 p.m.
In the great Double Regeneration project, which radically changes the face of the city and at the same time creates, after decades of delays and obstacles, a modern “home” in Votanikos, for the historical team of Panathinaikos of Athens, said Costas Bakogiannis , speaking with the municipal council of the City of Athens.
“It is a very well done project, in which we proceeded with careful steps, diligence and care. Thought, with clear sources of funding and above all with tight schedules,” said the mayor of Athens at the beginning of his speech, adding that a great project for the city of Athens, which concerns not only the Panathinaikos family, but the entire city. “
Referring to its outstanding and multifaceted importance, he noted that it is one of the largest investments made in Athens in recent years. “A project that can generate many jobs and contribute in a catalytic and decisive way to the development of the city,” he said.
Commenting on the firm choice of the SYRIZA “Open City” faction to oppose, as he said, the municipal authority, putting issues that are not related to the responsibilities of the municipal council in the framework of the discussion, he stated that it is in total confusion . “We live the following surreal: The Open City in the municipal council talks about issues of Parliament and the deputies of SYRIZA talk about issues of self-government.” For a more effective opposition, as he said, he proposed to convene a relevant meeting for better coordination.
Costas Bakoyannis stressed that “some consider the word investment almost a blasphemy” and recalled a statement by the president of the official opposition Alexis Tsipras and then prime minister on the subject. It was in 2017, where he said that all the planned institutional actions will have been completed, so in 2018 the licenses and the corresponding tenders will be completed, and by 2021 Athens will have changed its face. In fact, he had said that it is a project in which he has a personal interest, not only because of his professional capacity for postgraduate studies, but also because of his permanence in the municipality of Atenas. “Think that he was not personally interested.”
The mayor of Athens described as necessary “the greatest possible cooperation, consensus and conciliation, since this is a project that transcends partisan and ideological lines,” he said.
He noted that hard work and constant dedication is what brings the desired result. He clarified that “in no case do we want it to be considered that we triumph or celebrate. Unlike. We are fully aware of the difficulties, of the evils. We are aware of the complexity of the project. discuss, improve our strategy, adapt it, so that together we achieve the desired objective ”, concluded Mr. Bakoyannis.
Source: AMPE
