Kikilias raging against seasonal firefighters: “They are minorities… ELAS was patient for 6 hours” –

It is unthinkable for B. Kikilia that “minorities of seasonal firefighters” will invade his ministry, but for seasonal firefighters and for common sense, it is unthinkable for these thousands of heroes who every summer put their bodies and their tireless work to extinguish hundreds of fires and to save properties, forests and crops and then to be thrown into the… basket of the unemployed.

The minister unsurprisingly launched a scathing attack on the struggling seasonal firefighters for fighting for their self-evident right, steady work and a decent life.

Among other things, Mr. Kikilias said today on a radio station:

“Just as it is unthinkable for soldiers to force their way into the Pentagon or policemen into GADA, it is similarly unthinkable for minorities of some seasonal firefighters to break into the Operations Center, the ESKEDIK, and the Ministry of Civil Protection. These things don’t happen. This cannot be tolerated in organized states and in organized states,” said the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, in an interview with “Parapolitika 90.1”.

As he characteristically said, “these few, I believe, provoked the 2,500 seasonal firefighters who did their job, and made an effort with measurable results throughout the summer together with the volunteers, together with the forest commanders and the permanent ones”. He added that on this basis the meeting with the representatives of the seasonal firefighters will be held on Wednesday morning, noting that from the beginning it was promised that as soon as the fire fighting season ends, he will hold meetings with them, before any decisions are made for the next fire fighting season .

“They broke down the doors” – Talk about the repression orgy

Mr. Kikilias talked about broken doors, insults and other related things while he justified ELAS for its… patience! He saw no repression, no chemicals in closed spaces, no chase in Kifisias Street….

“They broke down the doors. They created episodes. They insulted their colleagues. They were banging on the windows at ESKEDIK while two fires were in progress, in Chania and Ikaria. Everyone was in, the leadership and their colleagues, and they were working. These are not things. And the Greek Police – because I want to be fair – waited patiently for 6 hours and discussed with them. They were asking them to go out, just as their leadership, their representatives, were asking them. They said to them, “Guys, you are wrong. You’ve entered the wrong way. Get out.” And they didn’t come out. After hours of remaining at the site, they told the Police, Mr. Brigadier General “we will appear live on the central news bulletins and then we will leave”. That didn’t happen. They went live on the channels and then refused to leave. So the Chief Prosecutor ordered that the area be evacuated. This area cannot have anyone inside, it is the security area. In this area, at ESKEDIK we deal with floods, fires, earthquakes and extraordinary events. I wonder if at that time the fires got away, if something else happened and we couldn’t manage it, who would take responsibility?’ underlined Mr. Kikilias.

In the end he blamed SYRIZA for denouncing the attitude of the government and the police.

“The evidence is irrefutable, those who shout and abandon us, I mean for the opposition parties and especially SYRIZA, have handed over the Fire Department in disarray” said Mr. Kikilias and spoke of “absurdity and petty political exploitation”, pointing out: “I think that this is political shamelessness. You have made a law in 2019, with this law you hired them as seasonal, and you criticize the next ones because they apply this law, which you made and hired them. Why didn’t you hire them permanently then?’

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