Vehement opposition to Lefkimmi landfill

Early this morning, demonstrators assembled at Lefkimmi Regional building and then at 11 o’clock, blocked the Messonghi Bridge as a symbolic gesture. There were chants of ‘Whoever signs will weep bitterly!’ and ‘Mayor. Liar. Resign and take your landfill with you!’



“We are ready for the Council meeting (NB: 30/1/17),” said the president of the Lefkimmi Society, Maria Kontomari. “We call upon all the people of Corfu to come to the meeting – the rubbish belongs to all of us!”

The Society also issued a declaration saying that “If the Mayor plans to use force and suppression before declaring a ‘state of emergency’ in Corfu, then he can think again. We demand that the Regional Environmental Services, from whom those responsible for the mess are hoping for a lifeline, produce a scientific report, as a matter of priority, on the contents of the woeful waste bales being stockpiled at Temploni.”