T. Theodorikakos: We are ready to defend our integrity and national sovereignty

The Minister of Civil Protection said in the Plenary Session of the Parliament during the discussion of the draft law “Voting” documents and release of the Greek Police from the service of documents of criminal and civil proceedings and other urgent provisions of the Ministry of Civil Protection “.

As Mr. Theodorikakos pointed out, already, during the first four months of 2022, the Greek Police effectively dealt with 1,600 incidents in which about 40,000 illegal immigrants tried to enter the country illegally, from the borders of Evros: “Across Evros , a climate of absolute national unity prevails and the message to those from the leadership of neighboring Turkey, who imagine new victories over the Byzantines, as some have said, is that defending the national sovereignty of Greece, on land, sea and air is an absolute and conscious decision “We Greeks are united, determined and ready to defend the integrity and national sovereignty, so this needs to be done,” said the Minister of Civil Protection.

The Minister referred to the intention of the government to further strengthen the fence that protects the Greek border in Evros, while adding that a tender is already underway for the recruitment of an additional 250 border guards: “We will build as many kilometers of this fence as possible, based on economic “Opportunities that we will secure both from the European Union and from the national budget, from any source of funding in Greece, this is our firm decision”, stressed Mr. Theodorikakos.

Regarding the new bill, the Minister stated that the utilization of digital technologies and the digitization of services of the Greek Police is a priority of the Ministry of Civil Protection, as in this way the release of police officers working in bureaucratic outlets is achieved: “We are moving forward in an operation , passing this bill with which we solve a problem of 10 years faced by the Greek Police.Over 1.5 million files are circulated annually by police, we estimate that about 1,500 Greek and Greek police officers were used in this mission. come to work, from September, in their own police duties “.

Finally, referring to the police guarding of the library construction works at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Mr. Theodorikakos clarified that “the police are there only for one reason, to protect the library of the Aristotle University”.

Source: Capital

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