Meetings with the three candidates for the Presidency of the Republic will be held next week by the Coordinating Committee of the 9 Communities of the Vasilikos region, while a meeting with the President of the Republic will be sought, in order to raise the problems which occupy the inhabitants with the accumulation in the specific area, of polluting and dangerous factories.
As Lefteris Fokas, Mayor of Kalavasos and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the 9 Communities of the Vasilikos area, told KYPE, Meetings should be held with the three candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, namely Averof Neophytou, Andrea Mavrogianni and Nikos Christodoulidis “.
He added that “a meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 27, at eleven in the morning with the candidate Andreas Mavrogiannis, while on Wednesday, June 29 at 7 in the afternoon with Nikos Christodoulidis. A meeting with Averof Neophytou is also expected to be scheduled “, he said and explained that” the meetings will take place in the Community Council of Zygiou and then they will tour the industrial area so that they can see for themselves first hand the situation “. >
According to Mr. Fokas, “it was also decided to seek a meeting with the President of the Republic, with the aim of examining what was discussed during the meeting held at the Presidential Palace in 2017 on the transfer of tires. The aim is to investigate what went wrong and where, in relation to the provisions that the Steering Committee had suggested at the time, with the ultimate goal of canceling the transfer to our area of the asphalt factories “.
Answering a relevant question, Lefteris Fokas said that “today an authorization will be sent to the lawyers of the Coordinating Committee so that they can proceed to an investigation in the various State Services, of those who concern us. We still have two possibilities before us, namely the taking of judicial measures against the Republic of Cyprus and the appeal to the European Court. “
He also stated that” tomorrow, Friday, June 24, we will attend , after a challenge, at the meeting of the Environment Committee of the Parliament where we will present our own positions, suggestions and opinions on the issues that concern the area of Vasilikos “.
Lefteris Fokas He also noted that “in case the President of the Republic does not respond to the request of the Coordinating Committee for a meeting with him, then we will decide to continue the measures, ie to close the Energy Center indefinitely and make a march to the Presidential Palace.” p>
