T. Theodorikakos: We plan to increase the offices for dealing with domestic violence

The increase of the offices for dealing with domestic violence, as the phenomena have increased significantly lately, was announced by the Minister of Citizen Protection, Takis Theodorikakos, in an interview given to Real fm radio and Nikos Hatzinikolaou, while he made special reference to the rape of 24 Thessaloniki,

“The message is clear, the laws apply to all people and we do not care what is their place in public life, or what is their financial situation,” the minister stressed about the gang rape of the 24-year-old and added: laws are laws, they concern everyone and they are observed for everyone. Also, the image that I will tell you that I have for the police, is that it has done its job professionally. The case, with all the facts, with all the facts, with all the results of the investigations, has been forwarded to Justice. I was in Thessaloniki until yesterday afternoon and I asked if they had come out the results of the toxicological tests that have been done on the girl.I want to note that these tests are done by a laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the answer I have received from the General Police The address of Thessaloniki is that they have not come “.

Regarding the cases of domestic violence, he mentioned:

“I think the pandemic has played a role, because keeping people in the house for many months certainly creates additional conditions for conflict and a very difficult situation. Our goal is to inform women – and I’m referring to women, because mainly They are the victims of domestic violence, but not exclusively, because there are also cases where men fall victim. We call on them to turn to the police and report violent incidents. “We are also steadily and methodically increasing our cooperation with the Local Government in this field, because too many people, mainly women, report these incidents to the municipalities, to the social services of the municipalities.”

So far, there are six offices of domestic violence, 5 in Attica and one in Thessaloniki, which Mr. Theodorikakos visited yesterday and as he said, he has a lot of work to do: “Just understand that in four months he dealt with 180 such cases, while in the whole Another critical area is the family, that is, how we raise our children, how we raise our boys and girls, if we create the conditions for them to respect, to love, to create. “Clean, honest friendships and not relationships that end in violence and very bad situations,” he said.

Mr. Theodorikakos, in his interview, also referred to crime, for which he said that the last five months there has been a decline of 20% to 25%, as well as security at universities, which he described as an absolute priority for the government, and stressed the issue. of the cooperation of the Greek Police with the university community.

“As far as the implementation of the law is concerned, the law says that the Rectors must make the plans, they must put tourniquets at the entrances of the Universities, in order for the entrance to be controlled, as well as cameras,” the minister concluded.

Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ