Her presence police will be strong in all commercial streets, starting today, when retail trade opens in order to avoid the worst, said on Monday Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis.
The Minister of Citizen Protection, in statements to SKAI 100.3, asked citizens to be careful and not to crowd into stores, and asked professionals to follow the rules. When asked about the decision to open, the minister said: “We will be destroyed economically and psychologically if we continue to be under a constant strict ban.” He stressed that infectious disease specialists understood these issues and therefore recommended a gradual reopening.
The police force that will guard the universities will have the right to make arrests, to draft indictments and refer cases to the prosecutor, the Minister of Citizen Protection added.
He stated that the police officers who will be guarding the area will not carry weapons, will not wear the same uniform as other police officers, will be on surveillance duty and will take preventive measures., deterrent effect.
Referring to those who oppose the bill, he stressed that they “do not say what they propose,” noting that in the last three years there have been 20 incidents of violence, the latest being the attack against him. Dean of the Athens University of Economics and Business Dimitris Bourantonis.
“The terror, violence, and fear of educators by a minority within universities cannot continue any longer. The feeling of lawlessness and impunity that this whole situation creates must stop,” Mr. Chrysochoidis emphasized.
He announced that next Thursday, together with the ministry's staff, he will announce the new doctrine on gatherings, which will have as its central objective to support the right to assemble, but also to ensure that the economic and social life of the city is not disrupted.
