Corfu police request the intercession of the Police Federation
police federation
20 Dec 2018
/ 09:41
CORFU. Corfu Police Employees΄ Union sent a letter of protest to the National Federation of Police Employees (POASY).
The Board of the Corfu Union held an extraordinary meeting yesterday to discuss the ongoing police presence at the Lefkimmi landfill despite the request for their complete withdrawal.
The letter from Corfu Police Employees' Union
Dear Mr. President,
We are writing to express our concern and displeasure with the fact that, despite the announcement from the Minister of Civil Protection Olga Gerovasili on 19 November, the police presence at Lefkimmi landfill has not been completely withdrawn.
We wish to remind you that from 5 May, when the landfill was set on fire, up until today a large number of Corfu police and police from other areas of Greece has been employed on a daily basis to safeguard the Lefkimmi landfill and surrounding area.
The conditions for the police personnel are unacceptable and offensive - there aren't even the basic health and safety measures and the health and lives of our colleagues are at risk every day due to the spreading of infectious diseases, exposure to chemicals (methane, sulphur dioxide, benzene, metal vapours etc.) as well as insects and rodents. For this reason the employment of police personnel and the 'medieval' conditions over such a long period of time in Lefkimmi must cease. We have run out of patience and despite the fact that we have continuously been 'bothering' the administration about the issue, nothing has yet been done.
On the contrary, the Council of State decided on 5 December that another 2,000 tons of waste are to be taken to Lefkimmi landfill, indicating that, in fact, we are never going to be withdrawn from the area.
For the above reasons we would like to request that you take action to ensure the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Lefkimmi.
President: Nikolaos Bozikis
General Secretary: Emmanuil Kokavesis
The letter from Corfu Police Employees' Union
Dear Mr. President,
We are writing to express our concern and displeasure with the fact that, despite the announcement from the Minister of Civil Protection Olga Gerovasili on 19 November, the police presence at Lefkimmi landfill has not been completely withdrawn.
We wish to remind you that from 5 May, when the landfill was set on fire, up until today a large number of Corfu police and police from other areas of Greece has been employed on a daily basis to safeguard the Lefkimmi landfill and surrounding area.
The conditions for the police personnel are unacceptable and offensive - there aren't even the basic health and safety measures and the health and lives of our colleagues are at risk every day due to the spreading of infectious diseases, exposure to chemicals (methane, sulphur dioxide, benzene, metal vapours etc.) as well as insects and rodents. For this reason the employment of police personnel and the 'medieval' conditions over such a long period of time in Lefkimmi must cease. We have run out of patience and despite the fact that we have continuously been 'bothering' the administration about the issue, nothing has yet been done.
On the contrary, the Council of State decided on 5 December that another 2,000 tons of waste are to be taken to Lefkimmi landfill, indicating that, in fact, we are never going to be withdrawn from the area.
For the above reasons we would like to request that you take action to ensure the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Lefkimmi.
President: Nikolaos Bozikis
General Secretary: Emmanuil Kokavesis
