Continuing today in the dialogue which has launched the Kythera.News, regarding the future operation of the Sunday Bazaar in Potamos.
After the positions of the mayor of Kythera on the framework for the operation of the bazaar, which were published on 15/11/20, today the municipal faction «Kythira Antikythera We live here».
In its proposal, the faction underlines the role of the institution of the Sunday bazaar in shaping the cultural identity of the local community, and proposes the need to further strengthen its role as a «a host for the development of a participatory economy» and calls for the future expansion of the activity to be foreseen, always with the square as a reference point.
Read in detail, the proposal of the municipal faction «Kythira Antikythera We live here»:
«The combination “Kythira Antikythera Antikythera We live here ” welcomes the effort to formulate a framework for operation. Besides, this was our programmatic pursuit.
We believe that the upgrading of the Sunday Bazaar in Potamos should be based on the promotion of the identity of the village, the uniqueness of the square, the public space as a host for the development of a participatory economy and not individual profitability, the festive atmosphere with all the shops of the village open and the existence of cultural activities.
Products promoted on the square must be :
- Support Primary Production (especially high value products and not intensive farming),
- They reinforce targeted small-scale manufacturing combined with primary production,
- They attribute to the seller added value resulting from the processing of primary products and not from the simple distribution and sale without an intermediary.
- They follow the rules of proper production, processing and standardisation.
The authentic character of the Bazaar concerns all that is described in the 1961 declaration to the people of Kythera and has nothing to do with untruthful approaches and what we have been reading lately.
This “Sunday feast” is addressed to both residents and visitors. Consequently, it is necessary to have souvenirs and appropriate packaging and not only fresh agricultural products.
On this basis, we propose to include the products provided for by the Article 7 of Law 4497/2017, without the cuts proposed by the draft regulation,
Implement Article 45 of the same law on the sale of art and handicrafts of personal creation,
To implement Article 38 (2) with the possibilities of the Municipality to determine the items sold.
The competent committee will check at the time of licensing that the conditions for licensing are met and any necessary checks thereafter.
In Article 5 of the draft regulation, we call for Law 4497 to be applied, “the right to participate shall be granted to producers who have the legal documents” and not only to farmers.
For anything not provided for in the ordinance, the city council is responsible, not the finance committee.
We request that any provision for the permanent relocation of the bazaar from River Square be removed.
The demarcation of the bazaar should provide for the possibility of expansion in the future in conjunction with the pedestrianisation and not only refer to the square, without any provision for tomorrow. !!!!
The consultation of the Municipality on the regulation and the issues that arise should include, apart from the sellers - producers, obviously the opinion of the Local Council and the shopkeepers of the River.»
