A timely question to the Ministers of Interior and Finance on the topic “The endurance of the Local Government is exhausted, solutions are needed now” was submitted by the MPs of the Movement for Change, with the first signatories being the secretary of the parliamentary group, Evangelia Liakoulis and the leader of the parliamentary group.
According to the deputies, the local authorities have reached a extreme quagmire due to the government’s manipulations: The institutional, economic and operational suffocation is intensifying every day, the problems not only remain unresolved, but are multiplying, while elected officials and officials are struggling to help. note the deputies of the Movement for Change, who ask the co-responsible ministers:
1. For the government’s plan for Local Government, as for so many years, from 2019 until today, the legislative initiatives are limited to fragmentary individual regulations and extensions of those already in force.
2. For the content and the exact schedule of the “reform” of redistribution and clarification of the responsibilities of the Central State – Decentralized Administrations – Local Government, which the government repeatedly announces.
3. On whether they intend to finally put an end to the transitional stage of legality control over the actions of the Local Authorities by the Decentralized Administrations, in the direction of establishing Independent Supervision Services, as predicted by PASOK in 2010.
4. For the meetings of the collective bodies of the Local Self-Government “by process” and in particular their exact number until today, but also the reasons why this possibility remains in force, while the technology in any case provides the possibility of holding meetings by teleconference.
5. For the necessary upgrade of the statutory position of the elected.
6. For the government preparation, so that the State can show immediate reflexes in the event that the Plenary Session of the Council of State, just like its Third Section, deems unconstitutional the legislative interventions that the government has brought to the system of government of the Local Authorities, while they already had preceded by local elections.
7. For the pile of problems that afflict the employees of municipalities and regions and are illustrated above.
8. For the dramatic understaffing that plagues the local authorities, especially the small and remote municipalities in the region.
9. For the initiatives that need to be taken immediately, in addition to repeated meetings without tangible results and in addition to allocations of money that had already been budgeted in the Central Independent Resources (CAP), in order for the municipalities, regions and their Legal Entities to survive in the vortex of the energy crisis and the soaring prices, which “blow up” their budgets, projects and services to the citizens.
10. For the urgent financial problems that are accumulating, examples of which we point out above.
11. For the actions that they will take, in order to realize the administrative and financial autonomy of the Local Government, as provided in article 102 of the Constitution, to make the heterodox administration a thing of the past, to remove the over-centralization and not to depend on the municipal and regional action, in the smallest detail, by “begging” for the minister’s signatures.
Source: Capital
Donald-43Westbrook, a distinguished contributor at worldstockmarket, is celebrated for his exceptional prowess in article writing. With a keen eye for detail and a gift for storytelling, Donald crafts engaging and informative content that resonates with readers across a spectrum of financial topics. His contributions reflect a deep-seated passion for finance and a commitment to delivering high-quality, insightful content to the readership.
