Solid Waste Management Association (SYDISA) filing lawsuits for 2.8m debts from old municipalities
SYDISA
23 Nov 2018
/ 07:47
CORFU. What Aspiotis said about the money owed to SYDISA by the old municipalities. New request today for the land owned by the charitable organization.
At the Town Council meeting Spyros Aspiotis disclosed that the Solid Waste Management Association (SYDISA) has filed two lawsuits against the Municipality for debts of almost 3m Euros dating mainly from the old municipalities on the island before Corfu became one Municipality.
Mr. Aspiotis, who is President of SYDISA, in response to a question from Meropi Ydraiou (leader of the main opposition party) stated, "We discovered that there was a huge debt from the old individual municipalities of 2.8m Euros. We discussed it with the Mayor and Mr. Pantelios (Deputy Mayor for Finance) and filed lawsuits."
During the discussion Mr. Aspiotis repeated that "Over three years I had to take all the rubbish and abuse," and in the summer without a proper department, "I had to bear the whole load."
Nikolouzos: "The Regional Administration didn't want to give us a permit to use the land belonging to the charitable organization."
According to Mr. Aspiotis, at present, the baling unit is processing whatever is brought and the situation is manageable. The main problem, however, is that "there isn't space to deposit the waste bales. This is why we are desperately trying to get a permit to use the neighbouring land belonging to the charitable organization." He revealed that "Following the refusal from the Regional Administration and following our communications with the Ministry of the Interior, we will be submitting another request tomorrow (23/11)".
Kostas Nikolouzos also talked about the Regional Administration's refusal to grant a permit: "They responded to our request as they saw fit. I can say quite openly that they just didn't want to grant the permit - because when the matter went to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for the Environment nobody there had a problem with it."
Mr. Aspiotis, who is President of SYDISA, in response to a question from Meropi Ydraiou (leader of the main opposition party) stated, "We discovered that there was a huge debt from the old individual municipalities of 2.8m Euros. We discussed it with the Mayor and Mr. Pantelios (Deputy Mayor for Finance) and filed lawsuits."
During the discussion Mr. Aspiotis repeated that "Over three years I had to take all the rubbish and abuse," and in the summer without a proper department, "I had to bear the whole load."
Nikolouzos: "The Regional Administration didn't want to give us a permit to use the land belonging to the charitable organization."
According to Mr. Aspiotis, at present, the baling unit is processing whatever is brought and the situation is manageable. The main problem, however, is that "there isn't space to deposit the waste bales. This is why we are desperately trying to get a permit to use the neighbouring land belonging to the charitable organization." He revealed that "Following the refusal from the Regional Administration and following our communications with the Ministry of the Interior, we will be submitting another request tomorrow (23/11)".
Kostas Nikolouzos also talked about the Regional Administration's refusal to grant a permit: "They responded to our request as they saw fit. I can say quite openly that they just didn't want to grant the permit - because when the matter went to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for the Environment nobody there had a problem with it."
